曲项向天歌

曲項向天歌

qū xiàng xiàng tiān gē

quotation

Meanings

HSK 7-9

幼儿园的孩子都会背曲项向天歌。

Yòu'éryuán de háizi dōuhuì bèi qūxiàngxiàngtiāngē.

Every kindergartener can recite 'with curved neck, singing toward the sky.'

HSK 7-9

池塘边几只白鹅，真是曲项向天歌的画面。

Chítáng biān jǐ zhī bái'é, zhēnshi qūxiàngxiàngtiāngē de huàmiàn.

A few white geese by the pond - truly the scene of 'curved necks singing to the sky.'

history

From 骆宾王 Luo Binwang 《咏鹅》, written, legend says, when he was seven: 鹅, 鹅, 鹅, 曲项向天歌. 白毛浮绿水, 红掌拨清波. One of the first poems Chinese children learn.

usage

项 (xiàng) here = neck, not the more common modern senses (item, clause). The line usually appears in the context of the famous 鹅鹅鹅 opening.

曲 qǔ

项 xiàng

向 xiàng

天 tiān

歌 gē