xian2
wai4
zhi1
yin1
  1. overtone (music)
  2. (fig.) connotation
  3. implied meaning

Characters

  • 弦 (弦): bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse; CL:根[gen1]
  • 外 (外): outside; in addition; foreign; external
  • 之 (之): (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
  • 音 (音): sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)

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