鼓起勇气

鼓起勇气	gǔ qǐ yǒng qì	to summon one's courage
鼓	gǔ	old variant of 鼓
鼓	gǔ	drum / CL:通,面 / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell
鼓起	gǔ qǐ	to summon one's (courage, faith etc) / to puff up (one's cheeks etc) / to bulge / to swell out
起	qǐ	to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
勇	yǒng	brave
勇气	yǒng qì	courage
气	qì	gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi