應弦

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See also: 应弦

Chinese

		to answer; to respond; ought	bow string; string of mus. instr.
trad. (應弦)		應	弦
simp. (应弦)		应	弦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìngxián

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìngxián
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìngsián
  - Wade–Giles: ying⁴-hsien²
  - Yale: yìng-syán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshyan
  - Palladius: инсянь (insjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

Adverb

應弦

(archaic) following the sound of the twanging of a (bow or zither) string
- 孫策望見，按住手中槍，扯弓搭箭，正射中陳生面門，應弦落馬。 [MSC, trad.]
  孙策望见，按住手中枪，扯弓搭箭，正射中陈生面门，应弦落马。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 7
  Sūn Cè wàngjiàn, àn zhù shǒu zhōng qiāng, chěgōngdājiàn, zhèng shè zhōng Chén Shēng miànmén, yìngxián luòmǎ.
  Sun Ce looked into the distance, then dropped his spear and picked up his bow and arrow. Sun Ce's arrow struck Chen Sheng in the face; Chen Sheng then fell from his horse, accompanied by the sound of the twang of Sun Ce's just released bow string.

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