琴弦
qín xián
Pinyin

Definition

琴弦
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qín xián
  1. string (of a 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 (6)

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
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

Sample Sentences

哦，吉他谱很简单，是六线谱，六根线对应六根琴弦。
ò ，jíta pǔ hěn jiǎndān ，shì liùxiànpǔ ，liù gēn xiàn duìyìng liù gēn qínxián 。
Oh, guitar notation is pretty simple, it's TAB notation, each of the lines corresponds to a string on the guitar.
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