鼓
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Definitions
- 1. drum
- 2. to drum
- 3. to strike
- 4. to rouse
- 5. to bulge
- 6. to swell
Words Containing 鼓
in a spurt of energy
to back sb up
to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite
to encourage
to applaud
heartening (news)
discouraging
encouraging
lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
(fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises
Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yān] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gǔ shì] of the middle ear)
drum practice pad (music)
tom-tom (drum)
round and bulging
with great fanfare
to advocate vociferously
bass drum
timpani
snare drum
to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 劉伯溫|刘伯温[liú bó wēn])
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
to echo what sb said
to beat a drum
to raise a storm
to fiddle with sth
a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy)
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
lit. to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb
lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched
lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
drum marking night watches
cajón (musical instrument)
small drum for marking time
drum kit
lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom); appropriate relation between the different parts
elated and excited (idiom); overjoyed
seething
hydraulic bellows
Altair (star)
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
lit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom)
Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[héng yáng shì], Hunan
Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[héng yáng shì], Hunan
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiǎo zhuàn]
tom-tom drum (drum kit component)
cajón (musical instrument)
double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist
drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
eardrum
to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
waist drum
flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum
opera form popular along Changjiang
floor tom (drum kit component)
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
rotary drum
lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback
tambourine (musical instrument)
Tonggu county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
Tonggu county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
gongs and drums
Chinese percussion fixed pattern
not well coordinated (idiom)
opening gong
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
to agitate for
advocate
(in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle)
tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)
Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[gāo xióng shì], south Taiwan
Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[gāo xióng shì], south Taiwan
drummer
drum and bass (music genre)
to tinker with
clapper-board
a drum tower
Drumtower city district (various)
to puff up
Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门[xià mén]
lit. to drum on a bowl
drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ] grieving for his lost wife)
protruding eyes
see 箱鼓[xiāng gǔ]
classical learning
sound of a drum
to swell
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to wag one's tongue
to summon one's (courage, faith etc)
to summon one's courage
to summon one's courage
a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal)
bellows
a blast furnace (in modern times)
drum beat
drum beat
bulging
full and bulging (of a pocket, pouch etc)