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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鼓* | 鼓* | *鼓
drum / CL: , / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *皷* | 皷* | *皷
old variant of
HSK 5
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)
seething / fuming
(idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale
tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum
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
round and bulging / rotund / protruding
snare drum
lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
Tonggu county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
bronze drum / (Western-style) drum
bass drum
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
to beat a drum / to play a drum / (fig.) to feel nervous
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
small drum for marking time
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
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)
drum marking night watches / night watchman's clapper
toner cartridge
rotary drum
cajón (musical instrument)
drum kit
floor tom (drum kit component)
drum practice pad (music) / a practice drum (music)
tom-tom (drum)
toner cartridge
lit. to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb / a provocation
drum kit (Tw)
lit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom) / fig. to come together to thrash out the issue face to face
tom-tom drum (drum kit component)
cajón (musical instrument)
opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance


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