柳琴
liǔ qín
Pinyin

Definition

柳琴
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liǔ qín
  1. liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xiǎo tí qín
  1. 1 fiddle
  2. 2 violin
tán qín
  1. 1 to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
Liǔ zhōu
  1. 1 Liuzhou prefecture-level city in Guangxi
qín
  1. 1 guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)
  2. 2 musical instrument in general
gāng qín
  1. 1 piano
  2. 2 classifier: 架 jià
  3. 3 classifier: 台 tái

Idioms (11)

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
寻花问柳
xún huā wèn liǔ
  1. 1 lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to frequent brothels
  3. 3 to sow one's wild oats
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
败柳残花
bài liǔ cán huā
  1. 1 broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman