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"strings" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
根 gēn n., m.w. root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry) syn
琵琶 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
古筝 古箏 gǔ zhēng guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴[gu3qin2] during Tang and Song times)
古琴 gǔ qín guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers syn
腰缠万贯 腰纏萬貫 yāo chán wàn guàn lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom) / carrying lots of money / extremely wealthy / loaded syn
万贯 萬貫 wàn guàn ten thousand strings of cash / very wealthy / millionaire
牵线 牽線 qiān xiàn to pull strings / to manipulate (a puppet) / to control from behind the scene / to mediate syn
走后门 走後門 zǒu hòu mén (lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex syn
瑟 sè a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
筝 箏 zhēng guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] during Tang and Song times) / see 古箏|古筝[gu3zheng1]
琶 pá pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard / see 琵琶, pipa lute
琵 pí pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard / see 琵琶, pipa lute
鼗 鞀 táo rattle drum / pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) / see 撥浪鼓|拨浪鼓[bo1lang5gu3]
桄 guàng woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings
緌 ruí strings of cap
鞀 táo rattle drum / pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) / variant of 鼗[tao2]
促弦 cù xián to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)
弦数 弦數 xián shù number of strings (of an instrument)
弦而鼓之 xián ér gǔ zhī to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 劉伯溫|刘伯温[Liu2 Bo2wen1]) / (fig.) to play music
牵线人 牽線人 qiān xiàn rén sb who pulls strings to get things done / wirepuller / go-between / matchmaker
鹍弦 鵾弦 kūn xián pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1]
㲈 táo rattle drum / pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) / variant of 鞀|鼗[tao2]
四胡 sì hú sihu (or "khuurchir" in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture
幕后操纵 幕後操縱 mù hòu cāo zòng to manipulate from behind the scenes / to pull the strings
鞉 táo rattle drum / pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) / old variant of 鼗[tao2]
拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō lang gǔ rattle drum / pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) syn
波浪鼓 bō lang gǔ rattle drum / pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) / variant of 撥浪鼓|拨浪鼓[bo1lang5gu3] syn
断线偶戏 duàn xiàn ǒu xì (idiom) To be like a puppet whose strings have been cut and which can no longer move.
一串骊珠 一串驪珠 yī chuàn lí zhū (idiom) Describes a song whose notes are melodious, flowing, and linked together like strings of precious pearls.
改张易调 改張易調 gǎi zhāng yì diào (idiom) To change an instrument’s strings and alter its tone / figuratively, to change one’s policy, method, or attitude.
改弦易调 gǎi xián yì diào (idiom) To adjust the strings of an instrument and change its tune. Figuratively, it means to alter one's attitude or course of action.
濯缨沧浪 濯纓滄浪 zhuó yīng cāng làng (idiom) To wash one’s cap strings in clear water. Figuratively, to describe someone detached from worldly concerns and morally upright.
濯缨洗耳 濯纓洗耳 zhuó yīng xǐ ěr (idiom) Washing one’s cap strings and rinsing one’s ears. It refers to withdrawing from worldly affairs in order to preserve one’s principles and moral integrity.
线抽傀儡 xiàn chōu kuǐ lěi (idiom) A person completely subject to someone else’s will and control, like a puppet operated by strings.
结缨伏剑 jié yīng fú jiàn (idiom) To tie one’s cap strings and throw oneself onto a sword. It describes facing death calmly and with dignity.
钻营奔竞 zuān yíng bēn jìng (idiom) To seek connections and pull strings everywhere in pursuit of fame, status, or material gain.
铁绰铜琶 鐵綽銅琶 tiě chuō tóng pá (idiom) Describes a vigorous, bold, and stirring literary style. It is synonymous with “copper strings on an iron plate.”
飞蝇垂珠 飛蠅垂珠 fēi yīng chuí zhū (idiom) To have blurred vision, as if flies were moving and strings of beads were hanging before one’s eyes.
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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