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<li><p>Literally, It means strings broken so that the sound of 古箏(or 古琴) stopped.</p>
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<li><p>素絃聲斷 comes from a poem. 素絃聲斷 means &quot;It's no longer possible to hear that the beautiful lady plays 古箏(or 古琴) for me again.&quot;</p>
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<p>倚危亭。恨如芳草，萋萋剗盡還生。念柳外青驄別後，水邊紅袂分時，愴然暗驚。
無端天與娉婷。夜月一簾幽夢，春風十里柔情。怎奈向、歡娛漸隨流水，<strong>素弦聲斷</strong>，翠綃香減，那堪片片飛花弄晚，蒙蒙殘雨籠晴。正銷凝。黃鸝又啼數聲。</p>
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<li>when you see ancient Chinese dramas, the strings breaks when someone plays 古箏(or 古琴)...It's a sign that something BAD will happen.</li>
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2020-09-04T16:22:34.963Z
2020-09-04T16:22:34.963Z
HungYu Chang
<p>“素弦声断” means the plain Chinese zither broke its strings so the sound stopped. This word is from a poem describing the sadness of farewell with a friend. Thus, the sound from the zither is generalized to the good feeling brought by the friend which was stopped because of the departure.</p>

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Tira2070
<p>I tried to translate this using Google Translate. It is hard to understand what <code>素弦声断</code> exactly mean.</p>
<p>does <code>素弦声断</code> mean: the sound of the broken guitar strings?</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>does <code>素弦声断</code> mean: the guitar breaks its strings?</p>

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What does 素弦声断 mean?
# What does 素弦声断 mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-04)

I tried to translate this using Google Translate. It is hard to understand what `素弦声断` exactly mean.

does `素弦声断` mean: the sound of the broken guitar strings?

or

does `素弦声断` mean: the guitar breaks its strings?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-09-04. Score: 1

1. Literally, It means strings broken so that the sound of 古箏(or 古琴) stopped.
2. 素絃聲斷 comes from a poem. 素絃聲斷 means "It's no longer possible to hear that the beautiful lady plays 古箏(or 古琴) for me again."

倚危亭。恨如芳草，萋萋剗盡還生。念柳外青驄別後，水邊紅袂分時，愴然暗驚。
無端天與娉婷。夜月一簾幽夢，春風十里柔情。怎奈向、歡娛漸隨流水，**素弦聲斷**，翠綃香減，那堪片片飛花弄晚，蒙蒙殘雨籠晴。正銷凝。黃鸝又啼數聲。

3. when you see ancient Chinese dramas, the strings breaks when someone plays 古箏(or 古琴)...It's a sign that something BAD will happen.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-09-05. Score: 1

“素弦声断” means the plain Chinese zither broke its strings so the sound stopped. This word is from a poem describing the sadness of farewell with a friend. Thus, the sound from the zither is generalized to the good feeling brought by the friend which was stopped because of the departure.


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