lit. 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
焚琴煮鹤焚琴煮鶴fen2 qin2 zhu3 he4
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes; fig. to waste valuable resources; to destroy wantonly beautiful things
风琴風琴feng1 qin2
pipe organ (musical instrument)
抚琴撫琴fu3 qin2
to play the zither; classical variant of 彈琴|弹琴
钢片琴鋼片琴gang1 pian4 qin2
celesta
钢琴鋼琴gang1 qin2
piano
钢琴家鋼琴家gang1 qin2 jia1
pianist
钢琴师鋼琴師gang1 qin2 shi1
pianist
钢琴演奏鋼琴演奏gang1 qin2 yan3 zou4
piano performance
古琴古琴gu3 qin2
guqin, a long zither with 5 or 7 strings, plucked with a plectrum; the ancestor of the long zither family, dating back to pre-classical times (playing it was an essential accomplishment of a Confucian gentleman)
管风琴管風琴guan3 feng1 qin2
organ; pipe organ
黑琴鸡黑琴雞hei1 qin2 ji1
(bird species of China) black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
蝴蝶琴蝴蝶琴hu2 die2 qin2
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
胡琴儿胡琴兒hu2 qin2 er5
erhua variant of 胡琴
胡琴胡琴hu2 qin5
huqin; family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring
簧风琴簧風琴huang2 feng1 qin2
harmonium
加料钢琴加料鋼琴jia1 liao4 gang1 qin2
prepared piano
伽倻琴伽倻琴jia1 ye1 qin2
gayageum; Korean 12-stringed zither
口簧琴口簧琴kou3 huang2 qin2
Jew's harp
口琴口琴kou3 qin2
harmonica
柳琴柳琴liu3 qin2
liuqin lute, smaller soprano version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range equivalent to that of a violin
乱弹琴亂彈琴luan4 tan2 qin2
to talk nonsense; to behave like a fool
伦琴倫琴lun2 qin2
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen or Roentgen (1845-1923)
伦琴射线倫琴射線lun2 qin2 she4 xian4
X-ray; Röntgen or Roentgen ray
马头琴馬頭琴ma3 tou2 qin2
morin khuur (Mongolian bowed stringed instrument)
木琴木琴mu4 qin2
xylophone
七弦琴七弦琴qi1 xian2 qin2
guqin or seven-stringed zither
琴锤琴錘qin2 chui2
mallet; drumstick
琴键琴鍵qin2 jian4
a piano key
琴剑飘零琴劍飄零qin2 jian4 piao1 ling2
floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
琴酒琴酒qin2 jiu3
gin (Taiwan variant of 金酒)
琴棋书画琴棋書畫qin2 qi2 shu1 hua4
the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting); the accomplishments of a well-educated person
琴瑟琴瑟qin2 se4
qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony; marital harmony
琴瑟不调琴瑟不調qin2 se4 bu4 tiao2
out of tune; marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony
琴瑟和鸣琴瑟和鳴qin2 se4 he2 ming2
in perfect harmony; in sync; lit. qin and se sing in harmony
琴师琴師qin2 shi1
player of a stringed instrument
琴手琴手qin2 shou3
player of a stringed instrument
琴书琴書qin2 shu1
traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment
琴斯托霍瓦琴斯托霍瓦qin2 si1 tuo1 huo4 wa3
Częstochowa (city in Poland)
琴弦琴弦qin2 xian2
string (of a stringed instrument)
人琴俱亡人琴俱亡ren2 qin2 ju4 wang4
person and lute have both vanished (idiom); death of a close friend
扇面琴扇面琴shan1 mian4 qin2
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
手风琴手風琴shou3 feng1 qin2
accordion
手摇风琴手搖風琴shou3 yao2 feng1 qin2
hand organ; hurdy-gurdy
竖琴豎琴shu4 qin2
harp
索尔仁尼琴索爾仁尼琴suo3 er3 ren2 ni2 qin2
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of the Gulag Archipelago
弹琴彈琴tan2 qin2
to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
提琴提琴ti2 qin2
instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass)