Definition of "erhu" [erhu]

• A type of Chinese fiddle having two strings. (noun)

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• "There was also an ancient-looking horn and an "erhu" -- a two-string instrument which produced the most heart-wrenching sounds, and the "yanqin", a string instrument so beautiful and powerful that I thought there were twenty different instruments playing at once!"
• "The program includes classics such as "The Moon Reflected in Er-Quan River," a solo for the two-stringed fiddle called the erhu; a solo for the lute-like pipa from the opera "Butterfly Lovers," based on a famed Chinese fable; and the bamboo-flute song "New Song of the Herdsmen.""
• "(Soundbite of music) The erhu is a traditional instrument."