弦[
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 ❶ （弓弦） bowstring; string
❷ （乐器上发声的线） the string of a musical instrument
❸ [方] （发条） spring (of a watch, etc.)
❹ {数} （连接圆周上两点的直线） chord
❺ {数} （直角三角形的斜边） hypotenuse
❻ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 章 Xian Zhang
◆弦歌不辍 The sound of music and singing never ends.; 弦角 angle of chord; 弦锯 {林} backsawing; plain sawn; bastard-sawn; 弦马 crown cut; bridge; 弦脉 {中医} taut pulse; string-like pulse; 弦数脉 {中医} wiry and rapid pulse; taut and rapid pulse; 弦诵不缀 incessant playing of instrument and reciting of poems; 弦索笙歌 string instruments; the flute and singing; 弦外之音 overtones; implication; 弦乐 string music; stringed instrument music; 弦子 {音} a threestringed plucked instrument