to agitate; to arouse; to instigate; to encite
to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote
sound of a drum; drumbeat
tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)
a drum tower; Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
to puff up; to swell up; to inflate; to blow air into sth; (fig.) to encourage; to support
(lit.) to drum on a bowl; refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife; (fig.) grief for a lost wife
beginning-school ceremony (old usage); classical learning
eardrum; tympanum (of the middle ear); tympanic membrane
to wag one's tongue; to speak glibly
heartening (news); to boost (morale)
to drum up; to call up; to muster; to summon up (courage etc); to stimulate
a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal); blast (in blast furnace); bellows; to draw air using bellows
bellows; ventilator; air blower
a blast furnace (in modern times); a draft assisted furnace for smelting metals
drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife); (fig.) grief for a lost wife
full and bulging (of a pocket, pouch etc)
drum practice pad (music); a practice drum (music)
to beat a drum; to play a drum; (fig.) to feel nervous
drum marking night watches; night watchman's clapper
small drum for marking time
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
double ended skin drum with a narrow waist
eardrum; tympanum (of the middle ear); tympanic membrane
waist drum; waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance)
flower-drum, a folk art form involving singing and dancing
tambourine (musical instrument); bell and drum
bronze drum; (Western-style) drum
gongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession; (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises; booster
round and bulging; rotund; protruding
to echo what sb said; to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument)
a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy); rattle-drum
to back sb up; to support sb in an argument; (lit. to beat nearby drum)
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal
小篆
opera form popular along Changjiang
opening gong; gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
(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
to raise a storm; to stir up trouble; to instigate
(lit.) to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb; a provocation
hydraulic bellows; water-driven ventilation (for metal smelting furnace)
drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
discouraging; disheartening
(lit.) the gong is ready, the drum not ready; (fig.) undermanned or inadequately resourced
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