抑揚

modulation (rising and falling pitch) / intonation / a cadence / to rise and fall (of a body floating in water)

to restrain / to restrict / to keep down / or

abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] / surname Yang

to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate

see 頓挫抑揚|顿挫抑扬[dun4 cuo4 yi4 yang2]

cadence / modulation

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