乐府 a government office in the Han Dynasty for collecting folk songs and ballads
- 南北朝民歌也是人民的口头创作,是汉乐府民歌之后出现的又一批民歌。
Folk songs of the Northern and Southern dynasties were created orally by people in the wake of Yuefu songs. - 汉乐府民歌大多是叙事诗,这些诗真实地表达了人民的喜怒哀乐。
Most of the Yuefu songs of the Han Dynasty are narrative poems, which truthfully reflected people's feelings. - 而且后代把与乐府搜集的歌谣相似的歌体也都称为“乐府”。
They called the types of songs which resembled those that the Music Conservatory had collected "Music Conservatory" songs.