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HSK
(music) arpeggio
hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)
to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 劉伯溫|刘伯温) / (fig.) to play music
string instrument
sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave)
guqin or seven-stringed zither
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bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:
HSK 7-9
to excite / to thrill / exciting / thrilling / cliff-hanging
HSK 7-9
orchestra
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
change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune
first quarter moon
string music
plucked string or stringed instrument / plucked instrument
to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon)
overtone (music) / (fig.) connotation / implied meaning
string orchestra
string (of a stringed instrument)
orchestra
(math.) cosine
chord (music)
third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon
sine wave / simple harmonic vibration
tuning (stringed instrument) / (fig.) to make up one's mind
superstring (physics)
seventh (musical cord)
augmented triad (musical chord)
minor triad la-do-mi
lit. string and wind instruments (idiom) / fig. traditional Chinese ensemble music
(math.) sine
string theory (physics)
(music) triad; three-note chord
(literary) (of a widower) to remarry
orchestral music
number of strings (of an instrument)
law of sines
last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon)
half-moon / the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)
(wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics)
bowstring
hammered string type (of musical instrument)
pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡
chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent)
widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
heartstrings
hammered string musical instrument
hyperbolic cosine or cosh (math.)
Jew's harp
major triad do-mi-so
G-string
bowstring
to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)
tonic triad / triad of the home key
a narrow slit window / a lunette
string theory (in theoretical physics)
string instrument


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