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京胡

Mandarin · pinyin jīng hú

jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera
also called 京二胡

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京: jīng · capital city
胡: hú · recklessly, foolishly; wildly

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1–2 · jing1 hu2

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jinghu (bowed Chinese string instrument with two strings and with a bamboo body and neck used primarily in Beijing opera)

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