琴棋书画
qín qí shū huà
Pinyin

Definition

琴棋书画
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qín qí shū huà
  1. the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)
  2. the accomplishments of a well-educated person

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
棋
qí
  1. 1 variant of 棋[qí]
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]
下棋
xià qí
  1. 1 to play chess
五子棋
wǔ zǐ qí
  1. 1 five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe)
  2. 2 Japanese: gomoku
  3. 3 gobang
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
围棋
wéi qí
  1. 1 the game of Go
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]
棋子
qí zǐ
  1. 1 chess piece
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],顆|颗[kē]
棋局
qí jú
  1. 1 state of play in a game of chess
  2. 2 (old) chessboard
棋盘
qí pán
  1. 1 chessboard
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

Idioms (7)

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
星罗棋布
xīng luó qí bù
  1. 1 scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place
棋高一着
qí gāo yī zhāo
  1. 1 to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom)
  2. 2 to outsmart one's opponent
琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng
  1. 1 floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
举棋不定
jǔ qí bù dìng
  1. 1 to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver
  2. 2 to shilly-shally

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