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Change log entry 77603
Processed by: goldyn_chyld (2023-02-16 22:07:50 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 73111 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
Not in dicts, and pretty rare, but as far as I can tell, it's sometimes used to say "play music" in a way that shows off one's erudition (knowledge of classic texts).

出自明·刘基《郁离子·千里马篇》:“斫而为琴,弦而鼓之,金声而玉应。”

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弦而鼓之 [xián ér gǔ zhī]
弦而鼓之,汉语成语,拼音是xián ér gǔ zhī,意思是装上弦开始弹奏音乐 [1] 。出自明·刘基《郁离子·千里马篇》。
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明·刘基《郁离子·千里马篇》:“斫而为琴,弦而鼓之,金声而玉应。”

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Usage:
1) 当晚,我们将弦而鼓之,为大家演奏数首余音袅袅、

2) 那個時代那些人還在向整個世界展示他們的才華,以文學、以音樂、以藝術,他們振筆疾書、他們弦而鼓之、他們濃墨重彩。

3) YouTube
弦而鼓之 餘音繚繞─交響音樂祭 活動宣傳片
(Description)
音樂是上帝賜予世人美好的禮物
它不僅能傳遞消息
譜寫故事
更能撫慰每個受傷的心靈
Diff:
- 弦而鼓之 弦而鼓之 [xian2 er2 gu3 zhi1] /(idiom) to put strings on the zither, then play it/
+ 弦而鼓之 弦而鼓之 [xian2 er2 gu3 zhi1] /to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 劉伯溫|刘伯温[Liu2 Bo2 wen1])/(fig.) to play music/
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