The pronunciation of string is xián, and its English translation is Chord. A rope-like object tied to both ends of the bow's back that can fire arrows: bowstring. The sound-producing wire on an instrument: strings.

xián

Name

⑴ (Understanding. The left is "bow" and the right is "silk". Bow strings are made of silk. Original meaning: bow string ).

⑵Same as the original meaning.

Xian, bow string. From the bow, it looks like a silk bow. ——"Shuowen"

No need to wait for Wei Xian. ——"Selected Works·Preface to the Collection of Wang Wenxian"

Therefore, wearing a string is a sign of urgency. ——"Han Feizi·Guan Xing"

Leading the strings to fight. ——"Huainanzi·Human Lessons"

Stronging the strings and ascending the ridge. ——Liang Qiu Chi's "Book with Chen Bo" of the Southern Dynasties

⑶ Another example: Xianjian (the arrow on the string); Xianqiao (the bow string and the end of the arrow where the string is buckled).

⑷Crossbow. Such as: string blade (bow and knife); string wood (referring to the bow); string arrow (bow and arrow).

⑸Gut or metal wire on musical instruments.

String and drum. ——Liu Ji of the Ming Dynasty, "Yuli Qianli Horse Chapter"

Songs in the morning and strings in the night. ——Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty, "Ode to Afang Palace"

The strings are plucked by the rotating shaft. ——Tang Dynasty·Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing (Preface)"

Example: Xiaoxian Qieqie

⑹Another example: Xianhui (strings and Qinhui; ropes to tie the strings) . Later, it also refers to the mark on the surface of the piano); strings (silk string instruments); strings (Huqin); string blowing (generally known as string instruments); string pillars (the silk pillars on the instrument); Xintong (another name for the piano). Paulownia wood is a good material for making pianos, hence the name).

⑺Stringed instruments.

Confucius returned to the harp with great force. ——"Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals"

⑻Another example: Xianzi (Huqin); Xianchui (referring to string instruments and wind instruments); Xingzhu (the silk pillar of the musical instrument); Xianzi (silk string instrument); Xianzi (three-stringed string).

⑼The sound produced by stringed instruments.

Guan Qing suspects the warning crane, and the string is as clever as a delicate oriole. ——Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty, "Seventy Rhymes of Liyang Shushi"

⑽ Another example: Xiange (singing, swimming and reciting, also refers to the Confucian etiquette and music education); Xianjie (the beat of the harp and harp); the sound outside the string ( Same as "the sound beyond the strings", which refers to the implicit meaning).

⑾[Number]: A straight line connecting two points on a curve; specifically refers to the line segment between two intersection points of the secant on the curve.

⑿The hypotenuse of a right triangle (the side opposite the right angle).

Hook 3, strand 4, and string 5. ——"Zhou Bi Suan Jing"

⒀A quarter.

⒁A part of the horizon divided into quarters or the basic orientation point equivalent to this part.

⒂One-quarter of the moon’s revolution. That is, the first quarter is the phase of the moon when it is 90° east of the sun, and the lower quarter is the phase of the moon when it is 90° west of the sun. Such as: upper string; lower string.

⒃ Semi-circular moon.

The mid-month is called the chord. ——"Lunheng·Four Taboos"

⒄Another example: Xian Shuo (referring to the seventh, eighth, twenty-second, and twenty-third day (Xian day) and the first day (Suo day) of each month in the lunar calendar) ); Xianhui; Xianwang (moon phase changes).

⒅[Astronomy]: A configuration of three bodies forming a right angle, especially a configuration in the solar system in which the sun is located at the 90° angle vertex.

⒆The name of the country in Zhou Dynasty. It was destroyed by Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. The ancient city is located in the southwest of today's Huangchuan County, Henan Province.

The people of Chu destroyed the strings, and the strings ran to the yellow. ——"Spring and Autumn"

⒇[square]: clockwork. Such as: winding; bell string.

(21) Xianmai. In traditional Chinese medicine, pulse qi is tense, which is one of the pulse conditions.

The six meridians are all stringy, which is caused by daily stagnation. ——"A Dream of Red Mansions"

(22) Another example: Xianqie (referring to weak string pulse); Xianqi (when cutting the pulse, it is like pressing a silk string with fingers, making it appear hollow).

(23) Surname

xián

<；motion>

⑴ Play the harp and other stringed instruments.

To the north and string. ——"Book of Rites and Music". Note: "It's called a drum, harp and harp."

Sitting on the crotch and playing the strings. ——"Zhuangzi·Rang Wang"

Reciting summer strings in spring. ——"Book of Rites·Prince Wen Wang"

⑵ Another example: Xianyin (the sound of bow strings); Xianqin (playing the piano).

⑶ Put on the bowstring.

The string of wood is the bow. ——"Book of the Later Han Dynasty"

⑷ Another example: string arc (stretching a string on a curved wood to form a bow).

Xián

I understand. The left is "bow" and the right is "silk". Bow strings are made of silk. Original meaning: bow string.

[Interpretation]

① The rope attached between the two ends of the bow, made of beef tendon, elastic: bow string; arrow off the string; arrow on the string. ②The wires on the musical instrument that can vibrate and produce sound also refer to stringed instruments: string; string; string. ③A metaphor for the appearance of a semicircle moon: first quarter moon; last quarter moon. ④The springs of clocks and watches: clock strings; watch strings; it’s time to wind the alarm clock. ⑤ Semicircle of the moon: first quarter; last quarter. ⑥In ancient China, it was called the hypotenuse of an unequal right triangle. ⑦A line segment connecting any two points on the circumference.

[英译]

xián wài zhī yīn is a metaphor for the unspoken meaning.

[Example]

Why don’t you understand? Although he didn’t say it explicitly, the implication is that you should study hard.

More information about this word

Xian <;name> has the same original meaning

Xian, bow string. From the bow, it looks like a silk bow. ——"Shuowen"

No need to wait for Wei Xian. ――"Selected Works·Preface to the Collection of Wang Wenxian"

Therefore, wearing a string is a sign of urgency. ——"Han Feizi·Guan Xing"

Leading the strings to fight. ——"Huainanzi·Human Lessons"

Stronging the strings and ascending the ridge. ——Liang Qiu Chi's "Book with Chen Bo" of the Southern Dynasties

Another example: Xianjian (the arrow on the string); Xianqiu (the bow string and the end of the arrow where the string is buckled).

Crossbow;

Gut or wire on musical instruments.

String and drum. ——Liu Ji of the Ming Dynasty, "Yu Li Qianli Horse Chapter"

Singing in the morning and singing at night. ――A Fang Palace Fu by Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty

Xian (string) xián