翩翩起舞 meaning in English

piānpiānqǐwǔ

(to start) dancing lightly and gracefully

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Meaning of 翩翩起舞

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piānpiānqǐwǔ
  1. (to start) dancing lightly and gracefully

翩翩起舞 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

枫fēng树shù美měi丽lì的de红hóng叶yè从cóng枝zhī头tóu飘piāo落luò,在zài风fēng中zhōng翩piān翩piān起qǐ舞wǔ。
The beautiful red leaves of the maple become detached from the branches and are dancing in the wind.

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翩 piān · to fly · 15 strokes

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翩 piān · to fly · 15 strokes

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起 qǐ · to rise · 10 strokes

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舞 wǔ · to dance · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 翩翩起舞.

一起yīqǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
起来qǐláito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
起床qǐchuángto get out of bed; to get up
想起xiǎngqǐto recall; to think of
起飞qǐfēi(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to star
看起来kàn qǐláiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the
跳舞tiàowǔto dance
舞台wǔtái(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
了不起liǎobuqǐamazing; terrific
引起yǐnqǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
看不起kànbuqǐto look down upon; to despise

Questions about 翩翩起舞

What does 翩翩起舞 mean?

翩翩起舞 (piānpiānqǐwǔ) means "(to start) dancing lightly and gracefully".

How do you write 翩翩起舞?

翩翩起舞 is made of 4 characters: 翩 (15 strokes), 翩 (15 strokes), 起 (10 strokes), 舞 (14 strokes). That is 54 strokes in total.