琴瑟
qín sè
Pinyin

Definition

琴瑟
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qín sè
  1. qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony
  2. marital harmony

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dè se
  1. 1 (dialect) to be cocky
  2. 2 smug
  3. 3 to show off
gāng qín
  1. 1 piano
  2. 2 classifier: 架 jià
  3. 3 classifier: 台 tái
Yà sè
  1. 1 Arthur (name)
kǒu qín
  1. 1 harmonica
gǔ qín
  1. 1 guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers

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