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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.drum; percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere with a membrane stretched tightly over the end or ends, played by beating with the hands, sticks, etc.
鼓是非洲音乐的基本乐器。
Drums are basic instruments of African music.
鼓是最古老的乐器之一。
The drum is one of the oldest musical instruments.
有人在打鼓。
Someone was beating a drum.
- 2
v.stir up; rouse; agitate; pluck up
鼓动
arouse
鼓舞
inspire
鼓足干劲
pluck up
- 3
v.sound; play/beat (certain musical instruments)
鼓掌
clap one's hands
- 4
n.drum-like things
耳鼓
eardrum
汽鼓
tympany
石鼓
drum-shaped stone
- 5
v.fan; blow with bellows
鼓风
make a blast
- 6
v.bulge; swell
Words and phrases with 鼓
- 鼓楼[word]drum-tower
- 鼓乐[word]strains of music to the accompaniment of drumbeats
- 鼓舌[word]wag the tongue
- 鼓涨[word]blow-up
- 鼓响[word]tympany
- 鼓风[word]blast air
- 鼓翼[word]beat wings
- 鼓音[word]tympanitic note
- 鼓足勇气[word]call/screw up all one's courage
- 鼓舌如簧[idiom]talk glibly
- 鼓舞人心[idiom]inspiring
- 鼓乐喧天[idiom]a great din of drums and pipes
- 鼓足干劲[idiom]go all out
- 鼓腹而游[idiom]lead a carefree life
- 鼓盆而歌[idiom]sing beating on a basin
- 鼓鼓囊囊[idiom]bulging
- 鼓角齐鸣[idiom]The beating of drums and the blare of trumpets came from every side.
- 鼓舌摇唇[idiom]gossip
Word usage
- common measure word"鼓" is often matched with measure word "只"or"面"or"架".
一只鼓
one drum
一面鼓
one drum
一架鼓
one drum