讴歌 (ōugē): to celebrate in song

Meanings

1 to celebrate in song
2 to eulogize
3 to sing the praises of
4 Acura (Honda luxury car brand, proper noun)

Characters

讴

Examples

诗人讴歌祖国的壮丽山河。

Shīrén ōugē zǔguó de zhuànglì shānhé.

The poet sings the praises of the motherland's magnificent landscape.

讴歌是本田旗下的豪华品牌。

Ōugē shì Běntián qí xià de háohuá pǐnpái.

Acura is Honda's luxury brand.

Tips

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The verb 讴歌 is literary — you meet it in editorials, poetry and anthems, not daily speech. The character 讴 alone already means 'to sing,' so the compound is emphatic. Homophone with the proper noun 讴歌 (Acura), whose characters were chosen for sound plus the hopeful 'celebrate' overtones.