元曲四大家 yuán qǔ sì dà jiā

DEFINITIONS

  1. Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖[Zheng4 Guang1 zu3], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远[Ma3 Zhi4 yuan3] and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴[Bai2 Pu3]

CHARACTERS

元 yuán first; dollar; origin; head
曲 qǔ crooked, bent; wrong, false
四 sì four
大 dà big, great, vast, large, high
家 jiā house, home, residence; family