神曲

shénqǔ / shénqū
noun #50,162

Meanings

  1. 1 viral hit song
  2. 2 earworm; wildly catchy tune
  3. 3 The Divine Comedy

Examples

HSK 4
Zhè shǒu shénqǔ zài wǎngshàng huǒ le hěn jiǔ.
This viral track was all over the internet for ages.
HSK 7-9
Zhè gē tài xǐnǎo le, juéduì shì jīnnián de shénqǔ.
This song is a total earworm, definitely this year's viral hit.
HSK 7-9
Dàndīng de 《 Shénqǔ 》 shì xīfāng wénxué de jīngdiǎn.
Dante's Divine Comedy is a classic of Western literature.

Tips

mistakes
Third tone on , the reading that means tune. First tone gives 神曲, a fermented digestive medicine. The traditional forms differ too, 神曲 for the song against 神麯 for the medicine.
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Online slang, and the praise is only half sincere: a 神曲 is a track so catchy or so odd that you cannot escape it. works as an intensifier the same way in , a masterpiece. Often paired with 洗脑.

Stroke Order

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