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琴棋书画

qín qí shū huà

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 琴棋書畫

琴棋书画 (qín qí shū huà) means "the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 琴棋书画 means

1. idiomthe four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person

The characters in 琴棋书画

• 琴qínguqin 古琴; musical instrument in general
• 棋qíchess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 书shūbook; letter; document
• 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划

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