古琴
gǔ qín
Pinyin

Definition

古琴
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gǔ qín
  1. guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 surname Gu
gǔ dài
  1. 1 ancient times
  2. 2 olden times
fù gǔ
  1. 1 to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)
  2. 2 to turn back the clock
  3. 3 neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文
  4. 4 retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
gāng qín
  1. 1 piano
  2. 2 classifier: 架 jià
  3. 3 classifier: 台 tái
shàng gǔ
  1. 1 the distant past
  2. 2 ancient times
  3. 3 antiquity
  4. 4 early historical times

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一琴一鹤
yī qín yī hè
  1. 1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)
  2. 2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)
亘古不变
gèn gǔ bù biàn
  1. 1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
  2. 2 unalterable
  3. 3 unvarying
  4. 4 monotonous
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
  1. 1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
人琴俱亡
rén qín jù wàng
  1. 1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
  2. 2 death of a close friend