弓弦儿
gōng xián r
Pinyin

Definition

弓弦儿
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gōng xián r5
  1. bowstring

Related Words (20)

弓形
gōng xíng
  1. 1 circular segment
心弦
xīn xián
  1. 1 heartstrings
扣人心弦
kòu rén xīn xián
  1. 1 to excite
  2. 2 to thrill
  3. 3 exciting
  4. 4 thrilling
  5. 5 cliff-hanging
琴弦
qín xián
  1. 1 string (of a stringed instrument)
三弦
sān xián
  1. 1 sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
上弦
shàng xián
  1. 1 to wind
  2. 2 to tighten
  3. 3 crescent moon
  4. 4 first quarter or waxing moon
上弦月
shàng xián yuè
  1. 1 first quarter moon
下弦
xià xián
  1. 1 third quarter or waning moon
下弦月
xià xián yuè
  1. 1 third quarter or waning moon
和弦
hé xián
  1. 1 chord (music)
弓
Gōng
  1. 1 surname Gong
弓箭
gōng jiàn
  1. 1 bow and arrow
弓箭手
gōng jiàn shǒu
  1. 1 archer
弓背
gōng bèi
  1. 1 to hunch over
  2. 2 to stoop
  3. 3 to arch one's back (upward)
弦
xián
  1. 1 bow string
  2. 2 string of musical instrument
  3. 3 watchspring
  4. 4 chord (segment of curve)
  5. 5 hypotenuse
  6. 6 CL:根[gēn]
弦外之音
xián wài zhī yīn
  1. 1 overtone (music)
  2. 2 (fig.) connotation
  3. 3 implied meaning
弦月
xián yuè
  1. 1 half-moon
  2. 2 the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
弦乐
xián yuè
  1. 1 string music
弹弓
dàn gōng
  1. 1 catapult
  2. 2 slingshot
断弦
duàn xián
  1. 1 widowed
  2. 2 lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qín sè] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony

Idioms (9)

左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
  1. 1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display ambidexterity
  3. 3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
  4. 4 to use both feet equally (football)
弦诵不辍
xián sòng bù chuò
  1. 1 incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom)
改弦易辙
gǎi xián yì zhé
  1. 1 change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
  2. 2 to dance to a different tune
杯弓蛇影
bēi gōng shé yǐng
  1. 1 lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions
  2. 2 overly fearful
开弓不放箭
kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn
  1. 1 lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to bluff
  3. 3 to be all talk and no action
  4. 4 false bravado
开弓没有回头箭
kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn
  1. 1 lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back
  3. 3 to have to finish what one started
  4. 4 to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
霸王硬上弓
bà wáng yìng shàng gōng
  1. 1 to force oneself upon sb (idiom)
  2. 2 to rape
惊弓之鸟
jīng gōng zhī niǎo
  1. 1 lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
鸟尽弓藏
niǎo jìn gōng cáng
  1. 1 lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose

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