丝竹管弦 — Chinese idiom
丝竹管弦
sī zhú guǎn xián
Traditional: 絲竹管弦
Meaning
- (lit.) string and wind instruments
- (fig.) traditional Chinese ensemble music
Character by character
- 丝sīsilk, fine thread; wire; strings
- 竹zhúbamboo; flute
- 管guǎntube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
- 弦xiánbow string; string instrument; hypotenuse
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丝一毫 yī sī yī háo
- 一丝不挂 yī sī bù guà
- 一丝不苟 yī sī bù gǒu
- 千丝万缕 qiān sī wàn lǚ
- 吐丝自缚 tǔ sī zì fù
- 严丝合缝 yán sī hé fèng
- 抽丝剥茧 chōu sī bō jiǎn
- 治丝益棼 zhì sī yì fén
- 纹丝不动 wén sī bù dòng
- 丝毫不差 sī háo bù chā
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