<p>剑膽琴心（膽:Traditional Chinese,=胆）          德峰书</p>

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  <p>剑胆琴心/劍膽琴心：courage of a warrior and the soul of a musician; the gall-bladder of a sword and the heart of a lute.</p>
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<p>This kind of work is used to describe and praise the people (especially the original owner or the author himself) who has both brave and lofty temperament/taste. It's something like 文武双全/文武雙全.</p>

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Bruce Huang
<p>I was given the following scroll</p>

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<p>and would like a translation before I keep it up on my wall. I believe it says “䤛膳琴心” but I’m not sure. Moreover, I’m not familiar with this idiom and don’t know what it means (assuming those are the characters).</p>

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2018-07-29T04:20:46.250Z
"剑胆琴心", 比喻既有情致，又有胆识（旧小说多用来形容能文能武的才子）。
dan
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2018-07-29T05:09:38.657Z
劍（剑）膽琴心 note that 剑 is written in simplified style.
Toosky Hierot
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2018-07-29T05:44:37.927Z
bkrs,:courage of a warrior and the soul of a musician; the gall-bladder of a sword and the heart of a lute iciba: 琴心剑胆  have the soul of a musician and the courage of a warrior
user6065
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Does this scroll say 䤛食琴心?
# Does this scroll say 䤛食琴心?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-29)

I was given the following scroll

[![Scroll](https://i.sstatic.net/qbnNN.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/qbnNN.jpg)

and would like a translation before I keep it up on my wall. I believe it says “䤛膳琴心” but I’m not sure. Moreover, I’m not familiar with this idiom and don’t know what it means (assuming those are the characters).

**Tags:** translation, characters, traditional-characters

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "剑胆琴心", 比喻既有情致，又有胆识（旧小说多用来形容能文能武的才子）。  
> **username_2**: 劍（剑）膽琴心 note that 剑 is written in simplified style.  
> **username_3**: bkrs,:courage of a warrior and the soul of a musician; the gall-bladder of a sword and the heart of a lute iciba: 琴心剑胆  have the soul of a musician and the courage of a warrior  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2018-07-29. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

剑膽琴心（膽:Traditional Chinese,=胆） 德峰书

> 剑胆琴心/劍膽琴心：courage of a warrior and the soul of a musician; the gall-bladder of a sword and the heart of a lute.

This kind of work is used to describe and praise the people (especially the original owner or the author himself) who has both brave and lofty temperament/taste. It's something like 文武双全/文武雙全.


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