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Fishing lines, bowstrings, musical instruments and paper were all made using silk.
We believe that a force of about one hundred pounds was needed to pull the string all the way back on a long bow.

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Open the tool →弓弦 (gōng xián) means “bowstring”.
弓弦 is pronounced gōng xián in Mandarin Chinese.
“bowstring” is 弓弦 (gōng xián) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 弓弦, each with pinyin and an English translation.