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to excite
to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc
last quarter, aka third quarter
half-moon
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
heartstrings
tuning
Jew's harp
superstring
to sing to a string accompaniment
Notice where 弦 sits in each complete thought.
The piano is a chord instrument, while the flute is a monophonic instrument.
Source: Tatoeba #13921101 · CC BY 2.0 FRI broke a string on my guitar.
Source: Tatoeba #392250 · CC BY 2.0 FRSpecialists are people who have only one string on their violin.
Source: Tatoeba #12990142 · CC BY 2.0 FRI'm going to join the school orchestra.
Source: Tatoeba #618213 · CC BY 2.0 FRCan you play the dutar?
Source: Tatoeba #816780 · CC BY 2.0 FRThis is the fifth concert by this orchestra.
Source: Tatoeba #340170 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.