弹琴 (彈琴)
tán qín
Pinyin

Definition

弹琴 (彈琴)
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tán qín
  1. to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
琴
qín
  1. 1 guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)
  2. 2 musical instrument in general
钢琴
gāng qín
  1. 1 piano
  2. 2 classifier: 架 jià
  3. 3 classifier: 台 tái
口琴
kǒu qín
  1. 1 harmonica

Idioms (4)

一琴一鹤
yī qín yī hè
  1. 1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)
  2. 2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)
人琴俱亡
rén qín jù wàng
  1. 1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
  2. 2 death of a close friend
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
琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng
  1. 1 floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position

Sample Sentences

老李啊，上个礼拜联欢会上看到你和令千金一个唱歌、一个弹琴，真是好琴艺、好歌喉！
Lǎo Lǐ ā ，shàng ge lǐbài liánhuānhuì shàng kàndào nǐ hé lìngqiānjīn yī gè chànggē 、yī gè tánqín ，zhēn shì hǎo qínyì 、hǎo gēhóu ！
Lee! I saw you and your daughter at last week's party. One was playing the piano and one was singing. What a skilled pianist and what a great voice!
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哦。我是北京来的。完全听不懂，真的是对牛弹琴。
ò 。wǒ shì Běijīng lái de 。wánquán tīngbùdǒng ，zhēnde shì duìniútánqín 。
Oh, I come from Beijing. I don't understand any of it. It really is like the expression, 'playing music to a cow'.
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