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double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon)
clarinet
lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom) / fig. a glib tongue
spring balance
lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom) / fig. to have a glib tongue
the lip or vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument
harmonium
spring
flick knife / switchblade / spring-loaded knife
reed (music)
old reed wind instrument / (possibly used erroneously for konghou 箜篌 harp or 笙簧 sheng)
swing door
reed pipe
Jew's harp
reeds of a panpipe
lit. to sing a duet / fig. to collaborate with sb / also used satirically: to play second fiddle to
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *簧* | 簧* | *簧
reed (of a music instrument) / spring; coil
switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call)
spring
Jew's harp
spring lock
spring washer
a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing / double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon)
variant of 二黃|二黄


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