(Hira=こう) high school

n. (Trad=鄗, Pinyin=hao4) height, loftiness

adv. (Trad=鄗, Pinyin=hao4) loftily

adj. (Trad=鄗, Pinyin=hao4) lofty

n. (Trad=高, Pinyin=hao4) highness

adj. (Trad=高, Pinyin=gao4) lofty

pron. (Trad=高, Pinyin=gao1) your

adv. (Trad=高, Pinyin=gao1) high

adj. (Trad=高, Pinyin=gao1) high, high-up, tall, loud, high-priced, expensive

n. (Simp=高, Pinyin=hao4) highness

adj. (Simp=高, Pinyin=gao4) lofty

pron. (Simp=高, Pinyin=gao1) your

adv. (Simp=高, Pinyin=gao1) high

adj. (Simp=高, Pinyin=gao1) high, high-up, tall, loud, high-priced, expensive

¹ a loop (of string, of ribbon); string [ribbon] ties

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² that (little); the same

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[庫] a warehouse; a storehouse; a garage

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[故] the late; the lamented; the deceased

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[稿] a manuscript

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[膏] plaster; paste; ointment

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[苦] pain; suffering; hardship; difficulty; trouble

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[高] (1) height
(2) amount; sum

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[鼓] a drum

qu3 gao1 he4 gua3
Highbrow songs find few singers.
The higher the level of a song is, the fewer people will join in the choir. Used to describe a book or speech that is too abstruse for ordinary people to understand.

shu4 zhi1 gao1 ge2
Tie up and put on the top shelf.
To neglect and abandon somebody or something.

zhi3 gao1 qi4 yang2
Strutting about with high toes and putting on airs.
Said of someone who is arrogant and complacent.

gao1 shan1 liu2 shui3
High mountains and flowing water.
A way to describe beautiful music and a metaphor to describe close friends and true frindship.