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"bronze drum" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
铜鼓 銅鼓 tóng gǔ bronze drum / (Western-style) drum
Chinese Pinyin Translation
蒙在鼓里 蒙在鼓裡 méng zài gǔ lǐ lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark syn
敲打 qiāo dǎ to beat sb / to beat (a drum) syn
打鼓 dǎ gǔ to beat a drum / to play a drum / (fig.) to feel nervous syn
鼓声 鼓聲 gǔ shēng sound of a drum / drumbeat
招揽 招攬 zhāo lǎn to attract (customers) / to drum up (trade) syn
青铜 青銅 qīng tóng bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡[xi1])
打退堂鼓 dá tuì táng gǔ lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail syn
鼓点 鼓點 gǔ diǎn drum beat / rhythm
圆筒 圓筒 yuán tǒng circular cylinder / drum
金文 jīn wén inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription syn
铜牌 銅牌 tóng pái bronze medal / bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc / CL:枚[mei2]
滚筒 滾筒 gǔn tǒng roller / cylinder (machine part) / drum
滚轮 滾輪 gǔn lún roller / rotating dial / (computer mouse) scroll wheel / (road roller) drum syn
铜像 銅像 tóng xiàng bronze statue / CL:尊[zun1],座[zuo4]
铜器 銅器 tóng qì copper ware / bronze ware
拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō làng gǔ a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy) / rattle-drum syn
金石 jīn shí metal and stone / fig. hard objects / inscription on metal or bronze
季军 季軍 jì jūn third in a race / bronze medalist
青铜器 青銅器 qīng tóng qì bronze implement / refers to ancient bronze artifacts, from c. 2,000 BC
大鼓 dà gǔ bass drum syn
鼓楼 鼓樓 gǔ lóu a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc syn
打退堂鼓 dǎ tuì táng gǔ lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail syn
花鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub
腰鼓 yāo gǔ waist drum / waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance)
小鼓 xiǎo gǔ snare drum
架子鼓 jià zi gǔ drum kit
铸铜 鑄銅 zhù tóng bronze casting
爵士鼓 jué shì gǔ drum kit (Tw)
鼓 gǔ drum / CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell syn
冬 鼕 dōng (onom.) beating a drum / rat-a-tat syn
爵 jué ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility syn
咚 dōng (onom.) boom (of a drum) / knock (on the door) syn
擂 léi to pound (with a mortar and pestle) / to hit (a person) / to beat (a drum) / to bang on (a door) / (dialect) to scold syn
古铜色 古銅色 gǔ tóng sè bronze color syn
转鼓 轉鼓 zhuàn gǔ rotary drum
暮鼓晨钟 暮鼓晨鐘 mù gǔ chén zhōng lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom) / fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence
晨钟暮鼓 晨鐘暮鼓 chén zhōng mù gǔ lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom) / fig. encouragement to study or progress
铃鼓 鈴鼓 líng gǔ tambourine (musical instrument) / bell and drum
谯 譙 qiáo drum tower
鼙 pí drum carried on horseback
簋 guǐ ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles / round basket of bamboo
鑑 jiàn variant of 鑒|鉴 / example / mirror / to view / reflection / to reflect / to inspect / to warn / (ancient bronze mirror)
皮面 pí miàn outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe) syn
石首鱼 shí shǒu yú drum / croaker syn
敲边鼓 敲邊鼓 qiāo biān gǔ to back sb up / to support sb in an argument / (lit. to beat nearby drum) syn
錞 chún copper drum
鼖 fén large brass drum
擂鼓鸣金 擂鼓鳴金 léi gǔ míng jīn 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
击鼓鸣金 擊鼓鳴金 jī gǔ míng jīn 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
桴鼓相应 桴鼓相應 fú gǔ xiāng yìng lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom) / appropriate relation between the different parts / closely interrelated
羯鼓催花 jié gǔ cuī huā drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
拨浪鼓 撥浪鼓 bō lang gǔ rattle drum / pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker) syn
捶子 chuí zi drum stick / bass drum mallet / CL:把[ba3]
哑鼓 啞鼓 yǎ gǔ drum practice pad (music) / a practice drum (music)
筒夹 筒夾 mechanical drum snatcher / mechanical drum grip
击鼓传花 擊鼓傳花 jī gǔ chuán huā 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)
筒鼓 tǒng gǔ tom-tom drum (drum kit component)
当面锣，对面鼓 當面鑼，對面鼓 dāng miàn luó , duì miàn gǔ lit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom) / fig. to come together to thrash out the issue face to face
青铜时代 青銅時代 qīng tóng shí dài Bronze
铜箭头 銅箭頭 tóng jiàn tóu bronze arrowhead
铜铃 銅鈴 tóng líng bell made of copper or bronze
青铜器时代 青銅器時代 qīng tóng qì shí dài the Bronze Age / also written 青銅時代|青铜时代[Qing1 tong2 Shi2 dai4]
铜翅水雉 銅翅水雉 tóng chì shuǐ zhì (bird species of China) bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus)
菱花镜 菱花鏡 líng huā jìng antique bronze mirror with flower petal edging, most commonly from the Tang dynasty
铜锤花脸 銅錘花臉 tóng chuí huā liǎn (Chinese opera) tongchui hualian, a military character holding a bronze mace, classified as a jing 淨|净[jing4] role
三星堆 sān xīng duī archaeological site of Sanxingdui outside Chengdu (Sichuan), exhibiting remarkable bronze artifacts from the 11-12th centuries BC
乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
炮烙 páo luò form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire
烫金 燙金 tàng jīn (printing) to stamp with gold foil / to bronze
铜水 銅水 tóng shuǐ molten copper / molten bronze
板鼓 bǎn gǔ small drum for marking time
鼚 chāng sound of drum
鼕 dōng boom (of a drum)
咢 è beat a drum / startle
鼛 gāo large drum
韹 huáng music of bell and drum
兜揽 兜攬 dōu lǎn to canvas (for customers) / to solicit / to advertise / to drum up / sales pitch / to take on (a task) syn
打拍 dǎ pāi to beat time / to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards
更楼 更樓 gēng lóu watch tower / drum tower marking night watches
更鼓 gēng gǔ drum marking night watches / night watchman's clapper
渊渊 淵淵 yuān yuān deep and still / sound of a drum
滚奏 滾奏 gǔn zòu drum roll
羯鼓 jié gǔ double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist
鼓盆 gǔ pén lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife
鼟 tēng (onom.) the thump of a big drum
金属桶 metal drum
国际纤维筒协会 International Fibre Drum Institute
曩式容器 nǎng shì róng qì bladder tank / collapsible bladder / bladder / flexible tank / flexitank / collapsible drum / blivet
眼斑拟石首鱼 眼斑擬石首魚 yǎn bān nǐ shí shǒu yú redfish / red drum
鼓形雷 gǔ xíng léi drum mine
国际圆筒容器制造商联合会 國際圓筒容器制造商聯合會 International Confederation of Drum Manufacturers
嗵嗵鼓 tōng tōng gǔ tom-tom (drum)
坐墩 zuò dūn Chinese drum-shaped stool
壴 zhù (archaic) drum
嚝 hōng to sigh / sound of a drum
湩 dòng milk / sound of a drum
𬭚 錞 chún copper drum
中国钹 中國鈸 zhōng guó bó China cymbal (drum kit component)
水钹 水鈸 shuǐ bó splash cymbal (drum kit component)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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