tứ nghệ

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 四藝, composed of (four) and (ability, skill).

Pronunciation

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tứ nghệ

  1. the Four arts which were the four main academic and artistic talents required of the aristocratic ancient Chinese scholar-gentleman, namely qin (the guqin, a stringed instrument, cầm), qi (the strategy game of Go, ), shu (Chinese calligraphy, thư) (in the Vietnamese tradition, usually replaced by shi (poetry, thi)) and hua (Chinese painting, hoạ)

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