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Chinese[edit]
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tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
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back of neck; item; thing
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pipa
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trad. (曲項琵琶)
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曲
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項
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琵琶
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simp. (曲项琵琶)
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曲
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项
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琵琶
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Literally: “bent-neck pipa”.
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Pronunciation[edit]
曲項琵琶
- (music) an early form of pipa, popular during the Tang Dynasty, whose peg box is bent backwards at an angle