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xiāng each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
枇杷 pa loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica) / loquat fruit
噼啪 see 劈啪[pi1 pa1]
琵琶 pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
十面埋伏 Shí miàn Mái Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2])
see 琵琶, pipa lute
劈啪 (onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
弹词 tán ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment
琵琶行 pa Xíng Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]
鹍弦 kūn xián pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1]
中阮 zhōng ruǎn zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range
大阮 ruǎn daruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range
柳琴 liǔ qín liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin
see 琵琶, pipa lute


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