MDBG Mobile Chinese English Dictionary (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone)

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调	diào	to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
顺应	shùn yìng	to comply with; to conform to; to adapt to; to go along with; in tune with
调准	tiáo zhǔn	to adjust to the right value / to tune / to focus (a camera etc) / to set (the date, the time) to the correct value
异曲同工	yì qǔ tóng gōng	different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
改弦易辙	gǎi xián yì zhé	change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune
奏乐	zòu yuè	to perform music / to play a tune
五音不全	wǔ yīn bù quán	tone deaf / unable to sing in tune
定弦	dìng xián	tuning (stringed instrument) / (fig.) to make up one's mind
定音	dìng yīn	to call the tune / to make the final decision
老调重弹	lǎo diào chóng tán	to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
填词	tián cí	to compose a poem (to a given tune)
改口	gǎi kǒu	to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸 and 妈妈)
跑调	pǎo diào	to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
弹词	tán cí	ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment
搭调	dā diào	to match / in tune / reasonable
词牌	cí pái	names of the tunes to which 词 poems are composed
旧调重弹	jiù diào chóng tán	replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited / to keep harping on about the same old stuff
降调	jiàng diào	falling intonation (linguistics) / to lower the key of a tune / to demote
白香词谱	Bái xiāng cí pǔ	Anthology of ci poems tunes (1795), edited by Xu Menglan 舒梦兰, with 100 accessible poems from Tang through to Qing times
细调	xì diào	to fine tune