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HSK
to encourage
HSK 5
to applaud / to clap
HSK 5
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  *鼓* | 鼓* | *鼓
old variant of
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鼓* | 鼓* | *鼓
drum / CL: , / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell
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
Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门
a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
drummer
to agitate for / to enthusiastically promote
drum beat / rhythm
a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) / blast (in blast furnace) / bellows / to draw air using bellows
Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to wag one's tongue / to speak glibly
to summon one's (courage, faith etc) / to puff up (one's cheeks etc) / to bulge / to swell out
to swell / tympanites
(idiom) (of a pocket, pouch etc) full and bulging
(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
tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)
Gulou, the name of districts in Nanjing (in Jiangsu), Xuzhou (in Jiangsu), Fuzhou (in Fujian) and Kaifeng (in Henan)
to summon one's courage
to bulge; to swell / a bulge; a swelling
to summon one's courage
clapper-board
bellows / ventilator / air blower
lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife
to puff up / to swell up / to inflate / to blow air into sth / (fig.) to encourage / to support
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
a blast furnace (in modern times) / a draft assisted furnace for smelting metals
advocate
bulging
beginning-school ceremony (old usage) / classical learning
drumbeat / (Chinese opera) clapper beats
Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
drum and bass (music genre)
to tinker with / to incite
protruding eyes
see 箱鼓
sound of a drum / drumbeat


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