traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment
player of a stringed instrument
string (of a stringed instrument)
player of a stringed instrument
qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony; marital harmony
the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting); lute-playing, chess, calligraphy and painting (artistic accomplishments expected of scholars of letters); (the) accomplishments (of a well-educated person); accomplishments of a scholar of the old school (lute-playing, chess, calligraphy, and painting)
out of tune; marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony
in perfect harmony; in sync; (lit.) qin and se sing in harmony
guqin (a long zither with 5 or 7 strings, plucked with a plectrum); the ancestor of the long zither family, dating back to pre-classical times (playing it was an essential accomplishment of a Confucian gentleman)
to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
yangqin; dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument)
instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass)
yueqin, a lute with oval or octagonal sound box
liuqin lute, smaller soprano version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range equivalent to that of a violin
pipe organ (musical instrument)
guqin or seven-stringed zither
to talk nonsense; to behave like a fool
gayageum; Korean 12-stringed zither
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
electronic keyboard (music)
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument)
(bird species of China) black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
(lit.) to burn zithers and cook cranes; (fig.) to waste valuable resources; to destroy wantonly beautiful things
ukulele; traditional form also written 烏克麗麗