sān xián

三弦 (sān xián) is a Chinese word meaning “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”.

Meanings

  1. 1sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra

Characters in 三弦

三sān · three弦xián · bow string

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