琴棋书画 — Chinese idiom
琴棋书画
qín qí shū huà
Traditional: 琴棋書畫
Meaning
- the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
Character by character
- 琴qínChinese lute or guitar, string instrument
- 棋qíchess; any strategy game
- 书shūbook, letter, document; writing
- 画huàpicture, painting, drawing; to draw
Idioms sharing a character
- 一琴一鹤 yī qín yī hè
- 人琴俱亡 rén qín jù wáng
- 对牛弹琴 duì niú tán qín
- 琴剑飘零 qín jiàn piāo líng
- 星罗棋布 xīng luó qí bù
- 棋高一着 qí gāo yī zhāo
- 举棋不定 jǔ qí bù dìng
- 仰屋著书 yǎng wū zhù shū
- 折节读书 zhé jié dú shū
- 文弱书生 wén ruò shū shēng
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