筝 (箏)
zhēng
Pinyin
Definition
筝 (箏)
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- guzheng or long zither
- long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times
- Japanese koto
Character Decomposition
Idioms (1)
断线风筝
- 1 a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall
Sample Sentences
看你高兴的。不过,今天风不大不小,很适合放风筝。
I can see you're really happy. In fact, today the wind is just right. It's really good for flying a kite.
春天到了,放风筝咯!
Spring is here. Let's go fly a kite!
好!这样吧,你在后面拿风筝,我去前面拉线。
OK. How about this, you hold the kite back here, and I'll go up front and pull the string.
然后我说放,你就放开风筝。
After that, I'll say 'let go', and you let go of the kite.
哎,掉下来了,风筝掉下来了!
Oh no, it fell down. The kite fell down!
耶!成功了!风筝飞起来了。
All right! Success! The kite is in the air.
不会。但是我会弹古筝。
No. But I can play the guzheng.