Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "鼓" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "鼓" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
gǔ
Definition
convex / drum / to rouse / to beat
(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster
Eustachian tube (linking pharynx 咽 to tympanic cavity 鼓室 of middle ear) / auditory tube
a deafening sound of gongs and drums
a great din of drums and pipes / Loud music fills the air.
Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2]
to agitate for / to enthusiastically promote
consolation prize / award of encouragement
to tinker with / to incite
to fiddle with sth / to trade with sth
to the accompaniment of gongs and drums / with eagerness and zest
to back sb up / to support sb in an argument / (lit. to beat nearby drum)
lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched / roughly comparable (opponents)
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence
lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease / to give in
elated and excited (idiom); overjoyed
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
stick to old ways stubbornly in the face of changed circumstances
double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist
strains of music accompanied by drumbeats
eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane
heartening (news) / to boost (morale) / CL:個|个[ge4]