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


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