击鼓传花 jī gǔ chuán huā

DEFINITIONS

  1. 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)

CHARACTERS

击 jī strike, hit, beat; attack, fight
鼓 gǔ drum; beat, top, strike
传 chuán summon; propagate, transmit
花 huā flower; blossoms