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羯鼓催花

jié gǔ cuī huā

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Definitions

  1. 1. drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom

Child Words of 羯鼓催花

催
cuī

to urge

花
huā

flower

鼓
gǔ

drum

羯
jié

Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century

羯鼓
jié gǔ

double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist