(idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
trad. 琴棋書畫
Also written 琴棋書畫【qín qí shū huà】
Characters in this word
4琴
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guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither), musical instrument in general
- Pinyin
- qín
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 8845 of 2500
棋
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variant of 棋[qi2]
- Pinyin
- qí
- Traditional
- 棊
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 17789 of 2500
书
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abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- Pinyin
- Shū
- Traditional
- 書
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1073 of 2500
画
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to draw; to paint, picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]), to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]), stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]), (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
- Pinyin
- huà
- Traditional
- 畫
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1144 of 2500