古琴
gǔ qín
Pinyin
Definition
古琴
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- guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 surname Gu
- 1 ancient times
- 2 olden times
- 1 to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)
- 2 to turn back the clock
- 3 neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文
- 4 retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
- 1 the distant past
- 2 ancient times
- 3 antiquity
- 4 early historical times
Idioms (20)
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一琴一鹤
- 1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)
- 2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)
亘古不变
- 1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
- 2 unalterable
- 3 unvarying
- 4 monotonous
人心不古
- 1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
人琴俱亡
- 1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
- 2 death of a close friend