| 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 |
| 羯 |
Jié |
Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century |
| 羯 |
jié |
ram, esp. gelded / to castrate / deer's skin |
| 羯鼓 |
jié gǔ |
double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist |
| 鼓 |
gǔ |
old variant of 鼓 |
| 鼓 |
gǔ |
drum / CL:通,面 / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell |
| 催 |
cuī |
to urge / to press / to prompt / to rush sb / to hasten sth / to expedite |
| 花 |
Huā |
surname Hua |
| 花 |
huā |
flower / blossom / CL:朵,支,束,把,盆,簇 / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful |
| 花 |
huā |
old variant of 花 |
| 花 |
huā |
variant of 花 / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3] |