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small drum for marking time
a blast furnace (in modern times) / a draft assisted furnace for smelting metals
(idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale
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
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
tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)
in a spurt of energy
HSK 7-9
encouraging / heartening
lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease / to give in
to summon one's (courage, faith etc) / to puff up (one's cheeks etc) / to bulge / to swell out
rotary drum
lit. to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb / a provocation
to echo what sb said / to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument)
drum kit
to agitate for / to enthusiastically promote
to summon one's courage
to summon one's courage
flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub
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drum / CL: , / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell
HSK 5
drum and bass (music genre)
lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
bulging
to raise a storm / to stir up trouble / to instigate
to tinker with / to incite
drum beat / rhythm
(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster
sound of a drum / drumbeat
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
timpani
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)
drum kit (Tw)
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. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched / roughly comparable (opponents)
(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
(idiom) elated and excited; overjoyed
Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx to the tympanic cavity 鼓室 of the middle ear) / auditory tube
hydraulic bellows / water-driven ventilation (for metal smelting furnace)
Chinese percussion fixed pattern / percussion rhythm
to back sb up / to support sb in an argument / (lit. to beat nearby drum)
HSK 7-9
gongs and drums / Chinese percussion instruments
to puff up / to swell up / to inflate / to blow air into sth / (fig.) to encourage / to support
to advocate vociferously
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门
seething / fuming
to bulge; to swell / a bulge; a swelling
to applaud / to clap
HSK 5
bass drum
to encourage
HSK 5
(idiom) not well coordinated
Gulou, a district of Nanjing City 南京市, Jiangsu / Gulou, a district of Xuzhou City 徐州市, Jiangsu / Gulou, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian / Gulou, a district of Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市, Henan
a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) / blast (in blast furnace) / bellows / to draw air using bellows
(idiom) (of a pocket, pouch etc) full and bulging
lit. urgent beating of gongs and drums (idiom) / fig. to urgently prepare for an upcoming event
bronze drum / (Western-style) drum
advocate
Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail
toner cartridge
lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback / to prepare for new initiatives / to attempt a comeback
lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife
Shigu, a district of Hengyang City 衡陽市|衡阳市, Hunan
beginning-school ceremony (old usage) / classical learning
snare drum
tom-tom drum (drum kit component)
opera form popular along Changjiang
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)
Altair (star)
drum marking night watches / night watchman's clapper
round and bulging / rotund / protruding
toner cartridge
(neologism) (slang) to have sex
to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
waist drum / waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance)
floor tom (drum kit component)
tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum
a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)
HSK 7-9
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence
opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
to swell / tympanites
eardrum; tympanic membrane
Tonggu, a county in Yichun City 宜春市, Jiangxi
protruding eyes
to fiddle with sth / to trade with sth
cajón (musical instrument)
Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom); appropriate relation between the different parts / closely interrelated
cajón (musical instrument)
eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane
see 箱鼓
drum practice pad (music) / a practice drum (music)
drummer
bellows / ventilator / air blower
double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist
clapper-board
to beat a drum / to play a drum / (fig.) to feel nervous

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