断弦

Traditional form:

斷弦

Pinyin (reading):

duànxián

Definitions:

• widowed
• lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟 (qínsè) qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony

Characters:

• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 弦 - bow string; string instrument; hypotenuse

Traditional characters:

• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 弦 - bow string; string instrument; hypotenuse