drum; beat, top, strike

HSK 4 #1123

DEFINITIONS

鼓 gǔ
  • old variant of 鼓[gu3]
  • drum
  • CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]
  • to drum
  • to strike
  • to rouse
  • to bulge
  • to swell

STROKES

WORDS

吹者 gǔ chuī zhě advocate
风 gǔ fēng a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal); blast (in blast furnace); bellows; to draw air using bellows
dà gǔ bass drum
qì gǔ gǔ seething; fuming
定音 dìng yīn gǔ timpani
风炉 gǔ fēng lú a blast furnace (in modern times); a draft assisted furnace for smelting metals
偃旗息 yǎn qí xī gǔ lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease; to give in
敲边 qiāo biān gǔ to back sb up; to support sb in an argument; (lit. to beat nearby drum)
luó gǔ gongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments
yú gǔ percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
作氣 yī gǔ zuò qì in a spurt of energy
不令人舞 bù lìng rén gǔ wǔ discouraging; disheartening
手 chuī gǔ shǒu (old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession; (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises; booster
管 yān gǔ guǎn Eustachian tube (linking pharynx 咽 to tympanic cavity 鼓室 of middle ear); auditory tube
yǎ gǔ drum practice pad (music); a practice drum (music)
yǎ gǔ drum practice pad (music); a practice drum (music)
嗵嗵 tōng tōng gǔ tom-tom (drum)
yuán gǔ gǔ round and bulging; rotund; protruding
yuán gǔ gǔ round and bulging; rotund; protruding
大張旗 dà zhāng qí gǔ with great fanfare
大肆 dà sì gǔ to advocate; to praise
xiǎo gǔ snare drum
弦而之 xián ér gǔ zhī lit. to tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions; to make one's bed then lie on it
打边 dǎ biān gǔ to echo what sb said; to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument)
打邊 dǎ biān gǔ to echo what sb said; to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument)