改弦更張
Chinese edit
trad. (改弦更張) | 改弦 | 更張 | |
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simp. (改弦更张) | 改弦 | 更张 | |
Literally: “to re-tune the strings or re-string the instrument”. |
Etymology edit
The latter component has been attested as late as the Book of Han in a passage quoting verbatim from a letter by Dong Zhongshu to the Emperor Wu of Han [104 BCE].
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
改弦更張