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张乐

張樂
zhāngyuè
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to strike up the music (literary)
  2. 2 to perform music at a ceremony
  3. 3 (as name, read Zhāng Lè) Zhang Le

Examples

祭典开始，乐师张乐。
Jìdiǎn kāishǐ, yuèshī zhāngyuè.
The ceremony began, and the musicians struck up the music.
《庄子》有云：黄帝张乐于洞庭之野。
《Zhuāngzǐ》 yǒu yún: Huángdì zhāngyuè yú Dòngtíng zhī yě.
The Zhuangzi says: 'The Yellow Emperor performed music on the wilds of Dongting.'
张乐是我的同事。
Zhāng Lè shì wǒ de tóngshì.
Zhang Le is my colleague.

Tips

history
In the classical reading 张乐 (zhāngyuè), 张 means 'to set up/arrange' and 乐 means 'music' (hence yuè, not lè). The canonical usage is from 《庄子·天运》: 黄帝张乐于洞庭之野 — the Yellow Emperor staging a grand performance in the wild. In modern Chinese, 张乐 most often just reads 'Zhāng Lè' as a personal name.
mistakes
Don't read 乐 as lè when it means 'music' — it should be yuè. In the name reading, however, 乐 is indeed lè ('happy').

Stroke Order

张 zhāng
乐 lè