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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
bellows / ventilator / air blower
sound of a drum / drumbeat
Gulou, the name of districts in Nanjing (in Jiangsu), Xuzhou (in Jiangsu), Fuzhou (in Fujian) and Kaifeng (in Henan)
drummer
a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
to tinker with / to incite
to summon one's courage
to swell / tympanites
a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) / blast (in blast furnace) / bellows / to draw air using bellows
Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门
to bulge; to swell / a bulge; a swelling
drum beat / rhythm
to agitate for / to enthusiastically promote
a blast furnace (in modern times) / a draft assisted furnace for smelting metals
clapper-board
tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)
beginning-school ceremony (old usage) / classical learning
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
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
(idiom) (of a pocket, pouch etc) full and bulging
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
Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
to summon one's courage
drum and bass (music genre)
bulging
to puff up / to swell up / to inflate / to blow air into sth / (fig.) to encourage / to support
advocate
Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
protruding eyes
see 箱鼓
to summon one's (courage, faith etc) / to puff up (one's cheeks etc) / to bulge / to swell out


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