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Chuīdǎ yuè (-)

original: 吹打乐

➺ remark(s) below

local term(s) for a duo or band (ensemble) including a piper (&c.)

Identical types: 18

Literal translation: 吹: "(to) blow/puff", "(to) play (a wind instrument)", 打: "(to) strike/hit"; 乐: "music"; Defined by Wong as "wind and percussion ensembles"; ➺ Sīzhú yuè.


Sources

Wong, Samuel Shengmiao: Qi’ - An instrumental guide to the Chinese orchestra. Singapore, 2005, p.142.

Dictionaries, &c.

汉英词典 (Hàn Yīng cídiǎn) / A Chinese-English dictionary. 北京 [Běijīng], 1985, p.108 (吹 ➁), 121 & 857.