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
trad. 擂鼓鳴金
Also written 擂鼓鳴金【léi gǔ míng jīn】
Characters in this word
4擂
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to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door), (dialect) to scold
- Pinyin
- léi
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 38542 of 2500
鼓
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old variant of 鼓[gu3]
- Pinyin
- gǔ
- Traditional
- 皷
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 12549 of 2500
鸣
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to cry (of birds, animals and insects), to make a sound, to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- Pinyin
- míng
- Traditional
- 鳴
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 25342 of 2500
金
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surname Jin, surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
- Pinyin
- Jīn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1377 of 2500