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三弦

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

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三鲜 Trad. 三鮮

sān xiān
three fresh ingredients (in cooking)

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弹词 Trad. 彈詞

tán cí
ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment
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三峡 | SanXia | San Xia
三峡 | Sanxia | San xia
三峡大坝 | SanXiaDaba | San Xia Da ba
三峡库 | Sanxiaku | San xia ku
三峡水库 | Sanxiashuiku | San xia shui ku
三峡水库 | sanxiashuiku | san xia shui ku
三峡镇 | Sanxiazhen | San xia zhen
三度 | sandu | san du
三厢 | sanxiang | san xiang
三废 | sanfei | san fei
三弦 | sanxian | san xian
三得利 | Sandeli | San de li
三从四德 | sancongside | san cong si de
三心二意 | sanxineryi | san xin er yi
三思而后行 | sansierhouxing | san si er hou xing
三思而行 | sansierxing | san si er xing
三教 | sanjiao | san jiao
三教九流 | sanjiaojiuliu | san jiao jiu liu
三文鱼 | sanwenyu | san wen yu
三旬九食 | sanxunjiushi | san xun jiu shi
三明 | Sanming | San ming
三明市 | Sanmingshi | San ming shi