绳 子 shéng zi cord / string / rope / CL:條|条[tiao2] 串 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 字 符 串 zì fú chuàn string (computing) 琴 弦 qín xián string (of a stringed instrument) 细 线 xì xiàn string / thread 细 绳 xì shéng string / twine / cord 线 thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) 线 绳 xiàn shéng string / cotton rope 纫 to string / to thread (needle) 符 串 fú chuàn string (as in "character string") 一 系 列 yī xì liè a series of / a string of 断 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 鞭 炮 biān pào firecrackers / string of small firecrackers / CL:枚[mei2] 连 珠 lián zhū joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row 弦 乐 xián yuè string music 字 串 zì chuàn (computing) character string (Tw) 弹 唱 tán chàng to sing and play (plucked string instrument) 豆 角 dòu jiǎo string bean / snap bean / green bean 纵 贯 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) 琴 瑟 qín sè qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony / marital harmony 扬 琴 yáng qín yangqin / dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument) 成 串 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) 河 西 走 廊 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 弦 歌 xián gē to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times) 弦 乐 器 xián yuè qì string instrument 贯 串 guàn chuàn to pierce through / to string together 网 袋 wǎng dài string bag / mesh bag / net bag 改 弦 易 辙 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune 比 量 bǐ liang to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc) 弹 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) 头 绳 tóu shéng string to tie hair 弹 拨 乐 器 tán bō yuè qì plucked string instrument / CL:件[jian4] 贯 to pierce through / to pass through / to be stringed together / string of 1000 cash 拨 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 吊 a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4] 弦 bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1] 绾 bind up / string together 缗 cord / fishing-line / string of coins 镪 money / string of coins 絃 variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse 珠 联 璧 合 zhū lián bì hé string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair 断 线 风 筝 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng a kite with cut string (idiom) / fig. gone beyond recall 琴 瑟 不 调 qín sè bù tiáo out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony 繁 征 博 引 fán zhēng bó yǐn an elaborate string of references / many quotations 线 团 xiàn tuán ball of string 弦 乐 队 xián yuè duì string orchestra 拨 弦 乐 器 bō xián yuè qì plucked string or stringed instrument / plucked instrument 超 弦 理 论 chāo xián lǐ lùn (super-) string theory 纙 string on which coins are strung 串 处 理 chuàn chǔ lǐ string processing (computing) 弦 理 论 xián lǐ lùn string theory (physics) 弦 论 xián lùn string theory (in theoretical physics) 弦 鸣 乐 器 xián míng yuè qì string instrument 弹 拨 乐 tán bō yuè plucked string music 击 弦 类 jī xián lèi hammered string type (of musical instrument) 击 弦 类 乐 器 jī xián lèi yuè qì hammered string musical instrument 断 弦 duàn xián widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony 发 音 体 fā yīn tǐ sound producing object (soundboard, vibrating string, membrane etc) 重 弹 chóng tán to replay string instrument / fig. to harp on the same string / to raise the same old topic again 量 子 沫 liàng zǐ mò quantum foam (in string theory, and science fiction) 钱 串 qián chuàn string of cash 钱 串 子 qián chuàn zi string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede 放 线 fàng xiàn (angling) to play a fish / (kite-flying) to let the string out / (dating) to play the field 管 柱 pipe string 钻 柱 drill string 藏 镜 人 cáng jìng rén man behind the mirror / puppet master / string puller 一 条 绳 上 的 蚂 蚱 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 常 德 丝 弦 Cháng dé sī xián Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
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