鼓励 gǔlì, [鼓勵], to encourage 鼓掌 gǔzhǎng, to applaud/to clap 鼓 gǔ, [皷], old variant of 鼓[gǔ], drum/CL:通[tòng],面[miàn]/to drum/to strike/to rouse/to bulg... 鼓舞 gǔwǔ, heartening (news)/to boost (morale)/CL:個|个[gè] 蒙在鼓里 méngzàigǔlǐ, [矇在鼓裡]/[蒙在鼓裡], variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[méng zài gǔ lǐ], lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)/fig. compl... 鼓手 gǔshǒu, drummer 鼓动 gǔdòng, [鼓動], to agitate/to arouse/to instigate/to encite 打鼓 dǎgǔ, to beat a drum/to play a drum/(fig.) to feel nervous 鼓声 gǔshēng, [鼓聲], sound of a drum/drumbeat 鼓吹 gǔchuī, to agitate for/to enthusiastically promote 欢欣鼓舞 huānxīngǔwǔ, [歡欣鼓舞], elated and excited (idiom); overjoyed 打退堂鼓 dǎtuìtánggǔ, lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)/fig. to give up/to turn tail 重整旗鼓 chóngzhěngqígǔ, lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback/to prepar... 捣鼓 dǎogu, [搗鼓], to fiddle with sth/to trade with sth 鼓点 gǔdiǎn, [鼓點], drum beat/rhythm 大张旗鼓 dàzhāngqígǔ, [大張旗鼓], with great fanfare 旗鼓相当 qígǔxiāngdāng, [旗鼓相當], lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched/r... 鼓捣 gǔdao, [鼓搗], to tinker with/to incite 鼓鼓 gǔgǔ, bulging/bursting 令人鼓舞 lìngréngǔwǔ, encouraging/heartening 鼓风机 gǔfēngjī, [鼓風機], bellows/ventilator/air blower 一鼓作气 yīgǔzuòqì, [一鼓作氣], in a spurt of energy 拨浪鼓 bōlànggǔ, [撥浪鼓], a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy)/rattle-drum 耳鼓 ěrgǔ, eardrum/tympanum (of the middle ear)/tympanic membrane 鼓噪 gǔzào, din 鼓膜 gǔmó, eardrum/tympanum (of the middle ear)/tympanic membrane 鼓吹者 gǔchuīzhě, advocate 鼓风 gǔfēng, [鼓風], a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal)/blast (in blast furnace)/bellows/to... 大鼓 dàgǔ, bass drum 气鼓鼓 qìgǔgǔ, [氣鼓鼓], seething/fuming 定音鼓 dìngyīngǔ, timpani 鼓风炉 gǔfēnglú, [鼓風爐], a blast furnace (in modern times)/a draft assisted furnace for smelting metals 敲边鼓 qiāobiāngǔ, [敲邊鼓], to back sb up/to support sb in an argument/(lit. to beat nearby drum) 偃旗息鼓 yǎnqíxīgǔ, lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease/to give in 鱼鼓 yúgǔ, [魚鼓], percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist... 锣鼓 luógǔ, [鑼鼓], gongs and drums/Chinese percussion instruments 不令人鼓舞 bùlìngréngǔwǔ, discouraging/disheartening 击鼓传花 jīgǔchuánhuā, [擊鼓傳花], beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a ... 击鼓鸣金 jīgǔmíngjīn, [擊鼓鳴金], to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat... 听话听声，锣鼓听音 tīnghuàtīngshēng,luógǔtīngyīn, [聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音], to understand the unspoken implications (idiom) 吹鼓手 chuīgǔshǒu, (old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession/(fig.) trumpeter of s... 咽鼓管 yāngǔguǎn, Eustachian tube (linking pharynx 咽 to tympanic cavity 鼓室 of middle ear)/auditory... 哑鼓 yǎgǔ, [啞鼓], drum practice pad (music)/a practice drum (music) 嗵嗵鼓 tōngtōnggǔ, tom-tom (drum) 圆鼓鼓 yuángǔgǔ, [圓鼓鼓], round and bulging/rotund/protruding 大肆鼓 dàsìgǔ, to advocate/to praise 小鼓 xiǎogǔ, snare drum 开台锣鼓 kāitáiluógǔ, [開臺鑼鼓], opening gong/gong strokes announcing start of opera performance 弦而鼓之 xiánérgǔzhī, lit. to tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one'... 打边鼓 dǎbiāngǔ, [打邊鼓], to echo what sb said/to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument) 掀风鼓浪 xiānfēnggǔlàng, [掀風鼓浪], to raise a storm/to stir up trouble/to instigate 擂鼓鸣金 léigǔmíngjīn, [擂鼓鳴金], to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat... 敲打锣鼓 qiāodǎluógǔ, [敲打鑼鼓], lit. to beat a gong; fig. to irritate sb/a provocation 晨钟暮鼓 chénzhōngmùgǔ, [晨鐘暮鼓], lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. enc... 暮鼓晨钟 mùgǔchénzhōng, [暮鼓晨鐘], lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice/the pas... 更鼓 gēnggǔ, drum marking night watches/night watchman's clapper 朦在鼓里 méngzàigǔlǐ, [朦在鼓裡], variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[méng zài gǔ lǐ] 木箱鼓 mùxiānggǔ, cajón (musical instrument) 板鼓 bǎngǔ, small drum for marking time 架子鼓 jiàzigǔ, drum kit 桴鼓相应 fúgǔxiāngyìng, [桴鼓相應], lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom); appropriate relation between the differen... 水力鼓风 shuǐlìgǔfēng, [水力鼓風], hydraulic bellows/water-driven ventilation (for metal smelting furnace) 河鼓二 Hégǔèr, Altair (star) 渔鼓 yúgǔ, [漁鼓], percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist... 爵士鼓 juéshìgǔ, drum kit (Tw) 石鼓 Dàngǔ, Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Héng yáng shì], Hunan 石鼓区 Dàngǔqū, [石鼓區], Dangu district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Héng yáng shì], Hunan 石鼓文 shígǔwén, early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small se... 筒鼓 tǒnggǔ, tom-tom drum (drum kit component) 箱鼓 xiānggǔ, cajón (musical instrument) 羯鼓 jiégǔ, double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist 羯鼓催花 jiégǔcuīhuā, drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing... 腰鼓 yāogǔ, waist drum/waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance) 花鼓 huāgǔ, flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum/folk dance popular in provinc... 花鼓戏 huāgǔxì, [花鼓戲], opera form popular along Changjiang 落地鼓 luòdìgǔ, floor tom (drum kit component) 转鼓 zhuàngǔ, [轉鼓], rotary drum 铃鼓 línggǔ, [鈴鼓], tambourine (musical instrument)/bell and drum 铜鼓 Tónggǔ/tónggǔ, [銅鼓], Tonggu county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi, bronze drum/(Western-style) drum 铜鼓县 Tónggǔxiàn, [銅鼓縣], Tonggu county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi 锣鼓点 luógǔdiǎn, [鑼鼓點], Chinese percussion fixed pattern/percussion rhythm 锣齐鼓不齐 luóqígǔbùqí, [鑼齊鼓不齊], not well coordinated (idiom) 鼓室 gǔshì, tympanic cavity (of the middle ear) 鼓山 Gǔshān, Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gāo xióng shì], south Taiwan 鼓山区 Gǔshānqū, [鼓山區], Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gāo xióng shì], south Taiwan 鼓板 gǔbǎn, clapper-board 鼓楼 gǔlóu, [鼓樓], a drum tower/Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc 鼓楼区 Gǔlóuqū, [鼓樓區], Drumtower city district (various)/Gulou district of Nanjing City 南京市[Nán jīng sh... 鼓气 gǔqì, [鼓氣], to puff up/to swell up/to inflate/to blow air into sth/(fig.) to encourage/to su... 鼓浪屿 Gǔlàngyǔ, [鼓浪嶼], Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门[Xià mén] 鼓点子 gǔdiǎnzi, [鼓點子], drum beat/rhythm 鼓盆 gǔpén, lit. to drum on a bowl/refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife/fig. ... 鼓盆之戚 gǔpénzhīqī, drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lo... 鼓眼睛 gǔyǎnjīng, protruding eyes 鼓箧 gǔqiè, [鼓篋], beginning-school ceremony (old usage)/classical learning 鼓箱 gǔxiāng, see 箱鼓[xiāng gǔ] 鼓胀 gǔzhàng, [鼓脹], to swell/tympanites 鼓舌 gǔshé, to wag one's tongue/to speak glibly 鼓起 gǔqǐ, to summon one's (courage, faith etc)/to puff up (one's cheeks etc)/to bulge/to s... 鼓起勇气 gǔqǐyǒngqì, [鼓起勇氣], to summon one's courage 鼓鼓囊囊 gǔgunāngnāng, full and bulging (of a pocket, pouch etc)