kòu rén xīn xián
to excite
to thrill
exciting
thrilling
cliff-hanging
zhèng xián
sine (of angle), written sin θ
xián
bow string
string of musical instrument
watchspring
chord (segment of curve)
hypotenuse
CL:根[gen1]
shàng xián
to wind
to tighten
crescent moon
first quarter or waxing moon
yú xián
cosine (of angle), written cos θ
zhèng xián bō
sine wave
simple harmonic vibration
qín xián
string (of a stringed instrument)
xià xián
third quarter or waning moon
sān xián
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
xián wài zhī yīn
overtone (music)
(fig.) connotation
implied meaning
xián yuè
half-moon
the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month
xián gē
to sing to a string accompaniment
education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
xián shù
number of strings (of an instrument)
duàn xián
widowed
lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
qī xián qín
guqin or seven-stringed zither
xià xián yuè
third quarter or waning moon
xù xián
to remarry (of a widow)
second wife
qin and se 琴瑟[qin2 se4], two string instruments as a symbol of marital harmony
gǎi xián yì zhé
change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
to dance to a different tune
sān hé xián
triad
musical chord of three notes, such as major triad do-mi-so
bō xián yuè qì
plucked string or stringed instrument
plucked instrument
dìng xián
tuning (stringed instrument)
xián qiē jiǎo
chord angle (i.e. angle a chord of a curve makes to the tangent)
xián lùn
string theory (in theoretical physics)
zhǔ hé xián
tonic triad
triad of the home key
shuāng qū zhèng xián
hyperbolic sine or sinh (math)
shuāng qū yú xián
hyperbolic cosine or cosh (math)
cù xián
to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)
zhèng xián xíng
sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave)
xián wài zhī yì
see 弦外之音[xian2 wai4 zhi1 yin1]
zēng sān hé xián
augmented triad (musical chord)
xián wài zhī xiǎng
see 弦外之音[xian2 wai4 zhi1 yin1]
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