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鼓
瑟
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Jyutping
gu2 sat1
Pinyin
gǔ sè
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb, literary
to play a se (an ancient type of zither)
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
鼓钟钦钦,鼓瑟鼓琴。笙磬同音。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionGǔ zhōng qīn qīn, gǔ sè gǔ qín. Shēng qìng tóngyīn. [Pinyin]
鼓钟钦钦,鼓瑟鼓琴。笙磬同音。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionGǔ zhōng qīn qīn, gǔ sè gǔ qín. Shēng qìng tóngyīn. [Pinyin]
His bells ring out kin kin ;
His lutes, large and small, give their notes;
The tones of his organs and sounding stones are in unison.