道情

Chinese

direction; way; method
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
 
feeling; emotion; passion
feeling; emotion; passion; situation
 
trad. (道情)
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Etymology

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Pronunciation


Noun

道情

  1. a type of Chinese folk ballad to the accompaniment of a fisherman's drum and simple boards, originally tunes of Taoist stories sung by Taoist priests to promote the renunciation of the world, but later used to refer to general folk stories as a subject matter