打边鼓 |
dǎ biān gǔ |
to echo what sb said / to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument) |
打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
打 |
dǎ |
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 "since then") |
边 |
biān |
side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:个 / simultaneously |
边 |
bian |
suffix of a noun of locality |
鼓 |
gǔ |
old variant of 鼓 |
鼓 |
gǔ |
drum / CL:通,面 / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell |