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Stringed Instrument 琴 Played Kings Fighting Beautiful Koto

meaning stringed instrument
number 2539
hanzi
story Two kings were fighting over a beautiful koto, the greatest stringed instrument of them all. So they had a clock built into it that would measure how long each one played it. That way they could be sure none played it more than the other.
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