弦诵不辍

Traditional form:

弦誦不輟

Pinyin (reading):

xiánsòngbùchuò

Definitions:

• incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom)

Characters:

• 弦 - bow string; string instrument; hypotenuse
• 诵 - to chant, to recite, to repeat, to read aloud
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 辍 - to suspend, to stop, to halt

Traditional characters:

• 弦 - bow string; string instrument; hypotenuse
• 誦 - to chant, to recite, to repeat, to read aloud
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 輟 - to suspend, to stop, to halt