blow on an instrument or finger a stringed instrument(pǐn zhú tán sī)

blow on an instrument or finger a stringed instrument

Pinzhu Tansi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ǐ nzh ú t á ns ī, which means playing musical instruments. It's from the cargo man's burden.

Idiom explanation

Products: wind instruments; bamboo: wind instruments such as flute; play, pluck. Silk: string instruments such as Pipa and erhu.

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, the fourth discount of Wumingshi's "peddler's burden" is: "you can't sell romantic, make powder and adjust fat; you can't taste bamboo and silk according to palace merchants."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute, it refers to a wind instrument.

Examples

However, at the age of twelve or thirteen, he can draw eyebrows and eyes, and he can make a good job of painting. The first chapter of Jin Ping Mei CI Hua

The legend of jingchai written by Yuan Ke Danqiu: "when you have a banquet, you should only taste bamboo and bullet silk to knock on the image board"

The second chapter of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "if you want to have fun, you call musicians to ring the bell and beat the drum, taste bamboo and spring silk, and the palace people sing and dance in the wine cup, but the imperial concubines are not happy."

According to the inscription of Yuan cemetery in Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty written by Tian Lanfang of the Qing Dynasty, "Yuan Keli's son, Yuan Shu, is a guest of honor, and his seat is full of discontent. "It's like playing chess in a teapot, appreciating bamboo and silk, even in business schools

Wang Tao of the Qing Dynasty wrote in his preface to himself: "I've lived a life of tasting bamboo and playing silk. I'm good at playing chess and playing music, but I'm not good at anything."

Chinese PinYin : pǐn zhú tán sī