千古绝唱
qiān gǔ jué chàng
a masterpiece unmatched through the ages
Character by character
千qiān
thousand
thousand
古gǔ
ages
ages
绝jué
unrivalled
unrivalled
唱chàng
song
song
Example
这首写中秋的词，被人们称为千古绝唱。
This ci poem about the Mid-Autumn moon is hailed as a masterpiece for all time.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
High praise for a poem, a work of art or a performance. 绝 here means unrivalled, as in 鲁迅’s phrase for the 史记, 史家之绝唱.
Learn this in Lesson 88 · HSK 6–7: 司马迁与《史记》 (Sima Qian and the Records of the Grand Historian)
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