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Imjagpul's additions to Matthews

xián
bow string
A bow! And it has such a mysterious-looking black string! The two fairies are happy to log such an mysterious item into their šanons.

Compositions

Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)


xián
bow string/string of musical instrument/watchspring/chord (segment of curve)/hypotenuse/CL:根[gen1]

Phrases ending with the given character

xián
seventh (musical cord)
sān
xián
triad/musical chord of three notes, such as major triad do-mi-so
zhǔ
xián
tonic triad/triad of the home key

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Cantonese slang

Cantonese (transcription)