bow frog

Chinese translation: 马尾库

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English term or phrase:	bow frog
Chinese translation:	马尾库
Entered by:	LoyalTrans

02:12 Sep 13, 2007

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Art/Literary - Music / music

English term or phrase: bow frog

Pls help translate "bow frog" into Chinese as in the context of violin bows.

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弓尾库

Explanation:
似乎这是比较官方的叫法。

http://www.google.cn/search?complete=1&hl=zh-CN&newwindow=1&...

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又查了一下，似乎“尾库”是“马尾库”的简写，所以“马尾库”应该是正解。

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弓尾库

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弓根

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弓尾库

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弓根

Explanation:
A = B and B = C, therefore A = C.

Bow Frog = 弓根

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http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/jazzy-104/article?mid=903

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The first picture in the above link is the so-called 弓根.

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Another name for it would be 马尾库, as shown in the links provided by Robert Cai.

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Note: The right name in case of a 马尾库 is as is, not otherwise like 弓尾库.

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弓尾库 is a wrong idea of some people.

The reason for 马尾库 is obvious that the hairs on the bow come from horse tails.

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A = B and B = C, therefore A = C.

弓根 = bow frog, bow frog = 马尾库 => 弓根 = 马尾库

Wenjer Leuschel (X)
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