胡琴
hú qin
Pinyin

Definition

胡琴
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hú qin
  1. huqin
  2. family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

二胡
èr hú
  1. 1 erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle)
  2. 2 alto fiddle
  3. 3 CL:把[bǎ]
小提琴
xiǎo tí qín
  1. 1 fiddle
  2. 2 violin
琴
qín
  1. 1 guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)
  2. 2 musical instrument in general
胡
Hú
  1. 1 surname Hu
胡思乱想
hú sī luàn xiǎng
  1. 1 to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
  2. 2 to let one's imagination run wild
胡椒粉
hú jiāo fěn
  1. 1 ground pepper (i.e. powder)
胡萝卜
hú luó bo
  1. 1 carrot
钢琴
gāng qín
  1. 1 piano
  2. 2 CL:架[jià],臺|台[tái]
胡子
hú zi
  1. 1 beard
  2. 2 mustache or whiskers
  3. 3 facial hair
  4. 4 CL:撮[zuǒ],根[gēn]
  5. 5 (coll.) bandit
刮胡刀
guā hú dāo
  1. 1 razor
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]
弹琴
tán qín
  1. 1 to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
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]
死胡同
sǐ hú tòng
  1. 1 dead end
  2. 2 blind alley
琴弦
qín xián
  1. 1 string (of a stringed instrument)

Idioms (17)

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
胡作非为
hú zuò fēi wéi
  1. 1 to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
胡吹乱捧
hú chuī luàn pěng
  1. 1 indiscriminate admiration (idiom)
胡天胡帝
hú tiān hú dì
  1. 1 with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)
  2. 2 reckless
  3. 3 intemperate
胡思乱想
hú sī luàn xiǎng
  1. 1 to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
  2. 2 to let one's imagination run wild
胡搅蛮缠
hú jiǎo mán chán
  1. 1 to pester endlessly (idiom)
  2. 2 an annoying troublemaker
胡编乱造
hú biān luàn zào
  1. 1 to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom)
  2. 2 to make things up
胡言乱语
hú yán luàn yǔ
  1. 1 babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings
  2. 2 double Dutch
胡诌乱傍
hú zhōu luàn bàng
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
胡诌乱扯
hú zhōu luàn chě
  1. 1 to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
胡诌乱说
hú zhōu luàn shuō
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
胡诌乱道
hú zhōu luàn dào
  1. 1 to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
胡诌八扯
hú zhōu bā chě
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
随口胡诌
suí kǒu hú zhōu
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head

Sample Sentences

胡琴
húqín
foreign musical instrument
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