Literal translation: "chord"; Chord playing; Wong states that "In folk music […] the traditional sheng has always been a chord-centred instrument. It was only after the liberalisation of China that new variations of sheng were created and danyin gained greater importance"; NB: One of the translations of 和 (i.e. without additional noun) is "harmonious" [➺ Definition ➁ in Chinese-English dictionary]); By itself 弦 [xián] can also mean "chord", but only in the context of mathematics (➺ the aforementioned dictionary, p.747, definition ➃ (数 (shù [= 数[学 (shùxué [mathematics]; ➺ p.5])).

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