断弦
duàn xián
Pinyin

Definition

断弦
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duàn xián
  1. widowed
  2. lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qín sè] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

心弦
xīn xián
  1. 1 heartstrings
琴弦
qín xián
  1. 1 string (of a stringed instrument)
三弦
sān xián
  1. 1 sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
上弦
shàng xián
  1. 1 to wind
  2. 2 to tighten
  3. 3 crescent moon
  4. 4 first quarter or waxing moon
上弦月
shàng xián yuè
  1. 1 first quarter moon
下弦
xià xián
  1. 1 third quarter or waning moon
下弦月
xià xián yuè
  1. 1 third quarter or waning moon
和弦
hé xián
  1. 1 chord (music)
弦
xián
  1. 1 bow string
  2. 2 string of musical instrument
  3. 3 watchspring
  4. 4 chord (segment of curve)
  5. 5 hypotenuse
  6. 6 CL:根[gēn]
弦外之音
xián wài zhī yīn
  1. 1 overtone (music)
  2. 2 (fig.) connotation
  3. 3 implied meaning
弦月
xián yuè
  1. 1 half-moon
  2. 2 the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
弦乐
xián yuè
  1. 1 string music
扣人心弦
kòu rén xīn xián
  1. 1 to excite
  2. 2 to thrill
  3. 3 exciting
  4. 4 thrilling
  5. 5 cliff-hanging
断弦
duàn xián
  1. 1 widowed
  2. 2 lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qín sè] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
管弦乐
guǎn xián yuè
  1. 1 orchestral music
七弦琴
qī xián qín
  1. 1 guqin or seven-stringed zither
三和弦
sān hé xián
  1. 1 triad
  2. 2 musical chord of three notes, such as major triad do-mi-so
口弦
kǒu xián
  1. 1 Jew's harp
弓弦
gōng xián
  1. 1 bowstring
弦歌
xián gē
  1. 1 to sing to a string accompaniment
  2. 2 education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)

Idioms (2)

弦诵不辍
xián sòng bù chuò
  1. 1 incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom)
改弦易辙
gǎi xián yì zhé
  1. 1 change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
  2. 2 to dance to a different tune

Sample Sentences