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雅俗共赏

yǎ sú gòng shǎngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-208d8f13721447de. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

雅俗共賞 雅俗共赏 [ya3 su2 gong4 shang3] /can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 雅俗共賞

  • 雅
    yǎ

    elegant

  • 俗
    sú

    custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular

  • 共
    gòng

    common / general / to share / together / total / altogether / abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gòng chǎn dǎng], Communist party

  • 赏
    shǎng

    to bestow (a reward) / to give (to an inferior) / to hand down / a reward (bestowed by a superior) / to appreciate (beauty)

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