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  *鼓* | 鼓* | *鼓
drum / CL: , / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell
HSK 5
to encourage
HSK 5
to applaud / to clap
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *皷* | 皷* | *皷
old variant of
HSK 5
to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)
HSK 7-9
to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite / to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc)
HSK 7-9
in a spurt of energy
HSK 7-9
to back sb up / to support sb in an argument / (lit. to beat nearby drum)
HSK 7-9
rattle drum; pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker)
bellows / ventilator / air blower
Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx to the tympanic cavity 鼓室 of the middle ear) / auditory tube
sound of a drum / drumbeat
seething / fuming
Gulou, the name of districts in Nanjing (in Jiangsu), Xuzhou (in Jiangsu), Fuzhou (in Fujian) and Kaifeng (in Henan)
drummer
(idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale
tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum
a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
lit. urgent beating of gongs and drums (idiom) / fig. to urgently prepare for an upcoming event
to fiddle with sth / to trade with sth
gongs and drums / Chinese percussion instruments
to tinker with / to incite
to summon one's courage
(idiom) elated and excited; overjoyed
to swell / tympanites
a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) / blast (in blast furnace) / bellows / to draw air using bellows
encouraging / heartening
round and bulging / rotund / protruding
Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark
snare drum
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
to bulge; to swell / a bulge; a swelling
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence
drum beat / rhythm
Tonggu county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
bronze drum / (Western-style) drum
to agitate for / to enthusiastically promote
a blast furnace (in modern times) / a draft assisted furnace for smelting metals
clapper-board
bass drum
lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched / roughly comparable (opponents)
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
timpani
tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)
to beat a drum / to play a drum / (fig.) to feel nervous
beginning-school ceremony (old usage) / classical learning
opera form popular along Changjiang
to wag one's tongue / to speak glibly
lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife
to raise a storm / to stir up trouble / to instigate
lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease / to give in
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail
drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife
small drum for marking time
Tonggu county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
to echo what sb said / to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument)
Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市, Hunan
lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback / to prepare for new initiatives / to attempt a comeback
flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub
(idiom) (of a pocket, pouch etc) full and bulging
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back
double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist
eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane
waist drum / waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance)
eardrum; tympanic membrane
(in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle) / to create a clamor; to make a din; to kick up a fuss about
drumbeat / (Chinese opera) clapper beats
drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
drum marking night watches / night watchman's clapper
Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster
toner cartridge
rotary drum
cajón (musical instrument)
drum kit
to summon one's courage
to advocate vociferously
lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom); appropriate relation between the different parts / closely interrelated
(neologism) (slang) to have sex
drum and bass (music genre)
bulging
Altair (star)
floor tom (drum kit component)
Chinese percussion fixed pattern / percussion rhythm
to puff up / to swell up / to inflate / to blow air into sth / (fig.) to encourage / to support
drum practice pad (music) / a practice drum (music)
tom-tom (drum)
to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 劉伯溫|刘伯温) / (fig.) to play music
toner cartridge
beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back
lit. to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb / a provocation
hydraulic bellows / water-driven ventilation (for metal smelting furnace)
drum kit (Tw)

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