柳琴
liǔ qín
Pinyin
Definition
柳琴
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- liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin
Character Decomposition
Idioms (11)
一琴一鹤
- 1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)
- 2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)
人琴俱亡
- 1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
- 2 death of a close friend
寻花问柳
- 1 lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom)
- 2 fig. to frequent brothels
- 3 to sow one's wild oats
对牛弹琴
- 1 lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
- 2 fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
- 3 to cast pearls before swine
- 4 caviar to the general
- 5 to preach to deaf ears
- 6 to talk over sb's head
败柳残花
- 1 broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman