琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng
Pinyin

Definition

琴剑飘零
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qín jiàn piāo líng
  1. floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

钢琴
gāng qín
  1. 1 piano
  2. 2 CL:架[jià],臺|台[tái]
零
líng
  1. 1 zero
  2. 2 nought
  3. 3 zero sign
  4. 4 fractional
  5. 5 fragmentary
  6. 6 odd (of numbers)
  7. 7 (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
  8. 8 fraction
  9. 9 (in mathematics) remainder (after division)
  10. 10 extra
  11. 11 to wither and fall
  12. 12 to wither
零下
líng xià
  1. 1 below zero
零食
líng shí
  1. 1 between-meal nibbles
  2. 2 snacks
凋零
diāo líng
  1. 1 withered
  2. 2 wilted
  3. 3 to wither
  4. 4 to fade
  5. 5 to decay
口琴
kǒu qín
  1. 1 harmonica
古琴
gǔ qín
  1. 1 guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
大提琴
dà tí qín
  1. 1 cello
  2. 2 violoncello
  3. 3 CL:把[bǎ]
孤零零
gū líng líng
  1. 1 lone
  2. 2 isolated and without help
  3. 3 all alone
  4. 4 solitary
小提琴
xiǎo tí qín
  1. 1 fiddle
  2. 2 violin
弹琴
tán qín
  1. 1 to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
爱琴海
Ài qín Hǎi
  1. 1 Aegean Sea
提琴
tí qín
  1. 1 instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass)
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
涕零
tì líng
  1. 1 to shed tears
  2. 2 to weep
琴
qín
  1. 1 guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)
  2. 2 musical instrument in general
琴弦
qín xián
  1. 1 string (of a stringed instrument)
琴棋书画
qín qí shū huà
  1. 1 the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)
  2. 2 the accomplishments of a well-educated person
琴瑟
qín sè
  1. 1 qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony
  2. 2 marital harmony
钢琴师
gāng qín shī
  1. 1 pianist
零乱
líng luàn
  1. 1 in disorder
  2. 2 a complete mess

Idioms (10)

一琴一鹤
yī qín yī hè
  1. 1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)
  2. 2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
人琴俱亡
rén qín jù wàng
  1. 1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
  2. 2 death of a close friend
化整为零
huà zhěng wéi líng
  1. 1 to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
  2. 2 divide and conquer
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
  1. 1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
对牛弹琴
duì niú tán qín
  1. 1 lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
  3. 3 to cast pearls before swine
  4. 4 caviar to the general
  5. 5 to preach to deaf ears
  6. 6 to talk over sb's head
感激涕零
gǎn jī tì líng
  1. 1 to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears
琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng
  1. 1 floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
零打碎敲
líng dǎ suì qiāo
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work
零敲碎打
líng qiāo suì dǎ
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work

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