操琴

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Chinese

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to hold; to drill; to exercise
to hold; to drill; to exercise; to act; to do; to take in hand; to keep; to manage
 
qin; general name for certain instruments
trad. (操琴)
simp. #(操琴)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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操⫽琴 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. (music) to play certain musical instruments that can be described as (qín), such as some stringed instruments (guzheng, guqin, etc.), or a keyboard instrument (piano, electric piano, accordion, pipe organ, etc.)

Usage notes

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操琴 (cāoqín) more commonly refers to playing the huqin (especially the jinghu), while 彈琴弹琴 (tánqín) could refer to playing any kind of "qin" (i.e., string instrument).