I never learned how to play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory and greatness.

我从不知如何弹奏鲁特琴；但我懂得如何使一座无名小镇发展成辉煌而伟大的城市。

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He knows how to play the Chinese lute.

他会弹琵琶。

《新英汉大辞典》

But they did not open the gate, so he took his lute and began to play it most beautifully with his two front feet.

他于是坐了下来，取出他的琴，伸出两只前腿弹起琴来，音乐非常优美动听。

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Still, he takes Mondays off to visit his mother and play the lute in a medieval band, the Holy Rollers.

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