pipa, a plucked string instrument with a fretted fingerboard，4-stringed Chinese lute，lute ；

[例句] 他会弹琵琶. He knows how to play the Chinese lute.

[例句] 我们听着年轻的琵琶手演奏,简直着了迷. We listened to the young lutist as though we were under a spell.

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