"String" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shéng zi cord / string / rope / CL:條|条[tiao2]
 chuàn to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across
 zì fú chuàn string (computing)
 qín xián string (of a stringed instrument)
线 xì xiàn string / thread
 xì shéng string / twine / cord
线 xiàn thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
线 xiàn shéng string / cotton rope
 rèn to string / to thread (needle)
 fú chuàn string (as in "character string")
 yī xì liè a series of / a string of
线 duàn xiàn (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off
 biān pào firecrackers / string of small firecrackers / CL:枚[mei2]
 lián zhū joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row
 xián yuè string music
 zì chuàn (computing) character string (Tw)
 tán chàng to sing and play (plucked string instrument)
 dòu jiǎo string bean / snap bean / green bean
 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom)
 qín sè qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony / marital harmony
 yáng qín yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument)
 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs)
西 Hé xī Zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road
 xián gē to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
 xián yuè qì string instrument
 guàn chuàn to pierce through / to string together
 wǎng dài string bag / mesh bag / net bag
 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune
 bǐ liang to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)
 tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials)
 tóu shéng string to tie hair
 tán bō yuè qì plucked string instrument / CL:件[jian4]
 guàn to pierce through / to pass through / to be stringed together / string of 1000 cash
 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch
 diào a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4]
 xián bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1]
 wǎn bind up / string together
 mín cord / fishing-line / string of coins
 qiǎng money / string of coins
 xián variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse
 zhū lián bì hé string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair
线 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng a kite with cut string (idiom) / fig. gone beyond recall
 qín sè bù tiáo out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony
 fán zhēng bó yǐn an elaborate string of references / many quotations
线 xiàn tuán ball of string
 xián yuè duì string orchestra
 bō xián yuè qì plucked string or stringed instrument / plucked instrument
 chāo xián lǐ lùn (super-) string theory
 luò string on which coins are strung
 chuàn chǔ lǐ string processing (computing)
 xián lǐ lùn string theory (physics)
 xián lùn string theory (in theoretical physics)
 xián míng yuè qì string instrument
 tán bō yuè plucked string music
 jī xián lèi hammered string type (of musical instrument)
 jī xián lèi yuè qì hammered string musical instrument
 duàn xián widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
 fā yīn tǐ sound producing object (soundboard, vibrating string, membrane etc)
 chóng tán to replay string instrument / fig. to harp on the same string / to raise the same old topic again
 liàng zǐ mò quantum foam (in string theory, and science fiction)
 qián chuàn string of cash
 qián chuàn zi string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede
线 fàng xiàn (angling) to play a fish / (kite-flying) to let the string out / (dating) to play the field
  pipe string
  drill string
 cáng jìng rén man behind the mirror / puppet master / string puller
 yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together
 Cháng dé sī xián Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
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