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wheel / (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
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  *筛* | 筛* | *筛
(bound form) a sieve / to sieve; to sift; to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong)
HSK 7-9
Gong county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
sound of gong
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  *弓* | 弓* | *弓
surname Gong
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  *贡* | 贡* | *贡
surname Gong
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
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  *铮* | 铮* | *铮
clang of metals / small gong
to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
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  *钲* | 钲* | *钲
gong used to halt troops
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  *巩* | 巩* | *巩
surname Gong
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  *锣* | 锣* | *锣
gong / CL:
Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
(onom.) clang / clank of metal / sound of striking a gong
to patrol at night, marking the time by sounding clappers or gongs
to beat a gong / to sound the retreat
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
to beat the gong to open a performance
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龚* | 龚* | *龚
surname Gong
Gong county in Henan
to strike the edge of the gong / (fig.) to stir the pot (i.e. cause or exacerbate a dispute)
to beat the gong to clear the way / (fig.) to pave the way for sth
Zi Gong or Duanmu Ci 端木賜|端木赐 (520 BC-), disciple of Confucius
to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)
Gong Li (1965–), Chinese actress
opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
Gong Cha, international franchise selling Taiwan-style milk tea and smoothies etc, established in Kaohsiung in 2006
Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion)
gongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera / to create a disturbance
Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual movement founded in 1992, regarded as a cult by the PRC government)
small gong
Zeng Gong (1019–1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家
the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动, namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修, the three Su's 三蘇|三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩
Gong Zizhen (1792-1841), Chinese man of letters, calligrapher and poet
Li Wei Gong / Duke Li of Wei, official title of Li Jing 李靖
lit. urgent beating of gongs and drums (idiom) / fig. to urgently prepare for an upcoming event
Li Hongzhi (1951-), founder of Falun Gong 法輪功|法轮功
Duanmu Ci (520 BC-446 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Zi Gong 子貢|子贡
Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰 as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee
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
(PRC) China Zhi Gong Party, one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties following the direction of the CCP
Gong'an, a county in Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市, Hubei
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呯* | 呯* | *呯
(onom.) bang! (gong, gun firing etc)
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  *宫* | 宫* | *宫
surname Gong
gong bao chicken / spicy diced chicken
General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty
lit. to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb / a provocation
to beat a gong
lit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom) / fig. to come together to thrash out the issue face to face
gong
gongs and drums / Chinese percussion instruments
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
to beat a gong


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