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HSK
(physics) to resonate; resonance / sympathetic response
HSK 7-9
to beat a gong / to sound the retreat
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to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
boom (sound of explosion) / rumble
thunder rolls
sonata
to express gratitude (esp. in public) / vote of thanks
to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound / whine; moan; wail
to whinny (of a horse) / to neigh
buzzer
to contend
a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
to hoot / to whistle
tinnitus
to fire warning shots
(idiom) to freely air one's views; to be heard far and wide; to attract a lot of attention
crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom) / bag of tricks / useful talents
to cry out against injustice / to protest unfairness
to think highly of oneself
extravagant lifestyle
to beat a gong
in perfect harmony / in sync / lit. qin and se sing in harmony
wheezing
It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support.
a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
sound of an explosion
songbird
sonata form (one of the large-scale structures used in Western classical music)
to beat the gong to clear the way / (fig.) to pave the way for sth
chiming clock
turtledove
to utter a mournful cry / wail; groan
past one's prime / in one's declining years
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
female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers.
where there is injustice, there will be an outcry / man will cry out against injustice
throat sound such as choking, donkey's bray etc
string instrument
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
aerophone (music)
to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion / an uprising is afoot (idiom)
song of cicadas / chirping of insects
idiophone
birdsong / warbling
to complain bitterly
to sound the horn / to honk
Screech-owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus)
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
to toll a bell
songbird
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells / good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)


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