Word information
Simplified蝴蝶琴
Traditional蝴蝶琴
Pinyinhú dié qín
Part of speechDictionary
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Character breakdown
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How to learn 蝴蝶琴
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piano; CL:架[jia4],臺|台[tai2]
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对牛弹琴duìniú-tánqínlit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience; to cast pearls before swine; caviar to the general; to preach to deaf ears; to talk over sb's head
琴棋书画qín-qí-shū-huà(idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
小提琴xiǎotíqínfiddle; violin