1 fiddle

2 violin

1 to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument

1 variant: 棋 qí

1 guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)

2 musical instrument in general

1 piano

2 classifier: 架 jià

3 classifier: 台 tái

1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)

2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)

1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)

2 death of a close friend

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

1 scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place

1 to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom)

2 to outsmart one's opponent