弓弦
弓弦 gōng xián ㄍㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄢˊ gung1 jin4
- bowstring
Stroke order
Practice writing
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
弓
弦
- 扣人心弦 kòu rén xīn xián ㄎㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˊ kau3 jan4 sam1 jin4 to excite
- 三弦 sān xián ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˊ saam1 jin4 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
- 上弦 shàng xián ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ soeng5 jin4 to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc
- 下弦 xià xián ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ haa6 jyun4 last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon)
- 促弦 cù xián ㄘㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ cuk1 jin4 to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)
- 口弦 kǒu xián ㄎㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ hau2 jin4 Jew's harp
Idioms with these characters
- 杯弓蛇影 bēi gōng shé yǐng ㄅㄟ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄜˊ ㄧㄥˇ bui1 gung1 se4 jing2 lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions
- 惊弓之鸟驚弓之鳥 jīng gōng zhī niǎo ㄐㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄓ ㄋㄧㄠˇ ging1 gung1 zi1 niu5 lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom)
- 鸟尽弓藏鳥盡弓藏 niǎo jìn gōng cáng ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄘㄤˊ niu5 zeon6 gung1 cong4 lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
- 左右开弓左右開弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄎㄞ ㄍㄨㄥ zo2 jau6 hoi1 gung1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)