弹琴
tán qín
Pinyin

Definition

弹琴
 - 
tán qín
  1. to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小提琴
xiǎo tí qín
  1. 1 fiddle
  2. 2 violin
弹琴
tán qín
  1. 1 to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
琴
qín
  1. 1 guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)
  2. 2 musical instrument in general
钢琴
gāng qín
  1. 1 piano
  2. 2 CL:架[jià],臺|台[tái]
口琴
kǒu qín
  1. 1 harmonica
古琴
gǔ qín
  1. 1 guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
大提琴
dà tí qín
  1. 1 cello
  2. 2 violoncello
  3. 3 CL:把[bǎ]
爱琴海
Ài qín Hǎi
  1. 1 Aegean Sea
手风琴
shǒu fēng qín
  1. 1 accordion
提琴
tí qín
  1. 1 instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass)
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
抚琴
fǔ qín
  1. 1 to play the zither
  2. 2 classical variant of 彈琴|弹琴[tán qín]
琴弦
qín xián
  1. 1 string (of a stringed instrument)
琴棋书画
qín qí shū huà
  1. 1 the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)
  2. 2 the accomplishments of a well-educated person
琴瑟
qín sè
  1. 1 qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony
  2. 2 marital harmony
琴键
qín jiàn
  1. 1 a piano key
胡琴
hú qin
  1. 1 huqin
  2. 2 family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring
竖琴
shù qín
  1. 1 harp
钢琴家
gāng qín jiā
  1. 1 pianist
钢琴师
gāng qín shī
  1. 1 pianist
电子琴
diàn zǐ qín
  1. 1 electronic keyboard (music)

Idioms (4)

一琴一鹤
yī qín yī hè
  1. 1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)
  2. 2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)
人琴俱亡
rén qín jù wàng
  1. 1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
  2. 2 death of a close friend
对牛弹琴
duì niú tán qín
  1. 1 lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
  3. 3 to cast pearls before swine
  4. 4 caviar to the general
  5. 5 to preach to deaf ears
  6. 6 to talk over sb's head
琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng
  1. 1 floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position

Sample Sentences

老李啊，上个礼拜联欢会上看到你和令千金一个唱歌、一个弹琴，真是好琴艺、好歌喉！
Lǎo Lǐ ā ，shàng ge lǐbài liánhuānhuì shàng kàndào nǐ hé lìngqiānjīn yī gè chànggē 、yī gè tánqín ，zhēn shì hǎo qínyì 、hǎo gēhóu ！
Lee! I saw you and your daughter at last week's party. One was playing the piano and one was singing. What a skilled pianist and what a great voice!
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哦。我是北京来的。完全听不懂，真的是对牛弹琴。
ò 。wǒ shì Běijīng lái de 。wánquán tīngbùdǒng ，zhēnde shì duìniútánqín 。
Oh, I come from Beijing. I don't understand any of it. It really is like the expression, 'playing music to a cow'.
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