弦 xián, bow string/string of musical instrument/watchspring/chord (segment of curve)/hyp... 和弦 héxián, chord (music) 管弦乐 guǎnxiányuè, [管弦樂], orchestral music 弦乐 xiányuè, [弦樂], string music 管弦乐队 guǎnxiányuèduì, [管弦樂隊], orchestra 心弦 xīnxián, heartstrings 琴弦 qínxián, string (of a stringed instrument) 扣人心弦 kòurénxīnxián, to excite/to thrill/exciting/thrilling/cliff-hanging 正弦 zhèngxián, (math.) sine 余弦 yúxián, [餘弦], (math.) cosine 三弦 sānxián, sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin ... 上弦 shàngxián, to wind/to tighten/crescent moon/first quarter or waxing moon 弦乐队 xiányuèduì, [弦樂隊], string orchestra 弦月 xiányuè, half-moon/the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month 弦乐器 xiányuèqì, [弦樂器], string instrument 改弦易辙 gǎixiányìzhé, [改弦易轍], change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction/to dance... 七弦琴 qīxiánqín, guqin or seven-stringed zither G弦裤 Gxiánkù, [G弦褲], G-string 七和弦 qīhéxián, seventh (musical cord) 三和弦 sānhéxián, triad/musical chord of three notes, such as major triad do-mi-so 上弦月 shàngxiányuè, first quarter moon 下弦 xiàxián, third quarter or waning moon 下弦月 xiàxiányuè, third quarter or waning moon 主和弦 zhǔhéxián, tonic triad/triad of the home key 促弦 cùxián, to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument) 击弦类 jīxiánlèi, [擊弦類], hammered string type (of musical instrument) 击弦类乐器 jīxiánlèiyuèqì, [擊弦類樂器], hammered string musical instrument 分散和弦 fēnsànhéxián, (music) arpeggio 双曲余弦 shuāngqūyúxián, [雙曲餘弦], hyperbolic cosine or cosh (math.) 双曲正弦 shuāngqūzhèngxián, [雙曲正弦], hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.) 双曲线正弦 shuāngqūxiànzhèngxián, [雙曲線正弦], hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.) 口弦 kǒuxián, Jew's harp 增三和弦 zēngsānhéxián, augmented triad (musical chord) 大三和弦 dàsānhéxián, major triad do-mi-so 定弦 dìngxián, tuning (stringed instrument)/(fig.) to make up one's mind 小三和弦 xiǎosānhéxián, minor triad la-do-mi 展弦比 zhǎnxiánbǐ, (wing) aspect ratio (aerodynamics) 常德丝弦 Chángdésīxián, [常德絲弦], Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect acco... 弓弦 gōngxián, bowstring 弓弦儿 gōngxiánr, [弓弦兒], bowstring 弦切角 xiánqiējiǎo, chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent) 弦外之响 xiánwàizhīxiǎng, [弦外之響], see 弦外之音[xián wài zhī yīn] 弦外之意 xiánwàizhīyì, see 弦外之音[xián wài zhī yīn] 弦外之音 xiánwàizhīyīn, overtone (music)/(fig.) connotation/implied meaning 弦数 xiánshù, [弦數], number of strings (of an instrument) 弦月窗 xiányuèchuāng, a narrow slit window/a lunette 弦歌 xiángē, to sing to a string accompaniment/education (a reference to teaching the people ... 弦理论 xiánlǐlùn, [弦理論], string theory (physics) 弦而鼓之 xiánérgǔzhī, lit. to tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one'... 弦论 xiánlùn, [弦論], string theory (in theoretical physics) 弦诵不缀 xiánsòngbùchuò, [弦誦不綴], variant of 弦誦不輟|弦诵不辍[xián sòng bù chuò] 弦诵不辍 xiánsòngbùchuò, [弦誦不輟], incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom) 弦鸣乐器 xiánmíngyuèqì, [弦鳴樂器], string instrument 拨弦乐器 bōxiányuèqì, [撥弦樂器], plucked string or stringed instrument/plucked instrument 断弦 duànxián, [斷弦], widowed/lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qín sè] qin and se, two instruments epitomizin... 正弦定理 zhèngxiándìnglǐ, law of sines 正弦形 zhèngxiánxíng, sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave) 正弦波 zhèngxiánbō, sine wave/simple harmonic vibration 管弦乐团 guǎnxiányuètuán, [管弦樂團], orchestra 续弦 xùxián, [續弦], to remarry (of a widow)/second wife/qin and se 琴瑟[qín sè], two string instrument... 超弦 chāoxián, superstring (physics) 鹍弦 kūnxián, [鵾弦], pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kūn jī]