断弦 (斷弦) duànxián

duànxián noun widowed; broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '斷弦')

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Truncated for common words

• 卷二百七十二 列傳第三十一 楊業子:延昭 等 附:王貴 荊罕儒從孙:嗣 曹光實從子:克明 張暉 司超 Volume 272 Biographies 31: Yang Ye and sons: Yanzhao and others, relative: Wang Gui, Jing Hanru and nephew: Si, Cao Guangshi and nephew: Keming, Zhang Hui, Si Chao History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
• 卷一百九十一　　列傳第一百十六 忠義上 Volume 191 Biographies 116: Loyalty and Righteousness 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1

Collocations

• 断弦折 (斷弦折) 裒斷弦折矢堅守 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷一百九十一　　列傳第一百十六 忠義上 Volume 191 Biographies 116: Loyalty and Righteousness 1 — count: 2