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弦xián
  1. bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse; CL:根[gen1]

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弦乐xián yuè

string music

弦数xián shù

number of strings (of an instrument)

弦月xián yuè

half-moon; the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month

弦歌xián gē

to sing to a string accompaniment; education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)

弦论xián lùn

string theory (in theoretical physics)

弦乐器xián yuè qì

string instrument

弦乐队xián yuè duì

string orchestra

弦切角xián qiē jiǎo

chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent)

弦月窗xián yuè chuāng

a narrow slit window; a lunette

弦理论xián lǐ lùn

string theory (physics)

弦外之响xián wài zhī xiǎng

see 弦外之音[xian2 wai4 zhi1 yin1]

弦外之意xián wài zhī yì

see 弦外之音[xian2 wai4 zhi1 yin1]

弦外之音xián wài zhī yīn

overtone (music); (fig.) connotation; implied meaning

弦而鼓之xián ér gǔ zhī

to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 劉伯溫|刘伯温[Liu2 Bo2 wen1]); (fig.) to play music

弦鸣乐器xián míng yuè qì

string instrument

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