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鼓	gǔ	drum / CL:通,面 / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell
兜揽	dōu lǎn	to canvas (for customers) / to solicit / to advertise / to drum up / sales pitch / to take on (a task)
偃旗息鼓	yǎn qí xī gǔ	lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease / to give in
敲打	qiāo dǎ	to beat sb / to beat (a drum)
敲边鼓	qiāo biān gǔ	to back sb up / to support sb in an argument / (lit. to beat nearby drum)
紧锣密鼓	jǐn luó mì gǔ	lit. urgent beating of gongs and drums (idiom) / fig. to urgently prepare for an upcoming event
击鼓鸣金	jī gǔ míng jīn	to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back
拨浪鼓	bō lang gǔ	rattle drum; pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker)
招揽	zhāo lǎn	to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)
鼓噪	gǔ zào	(in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle) / to create a clamor; to make a din; to kick up a fuss about
当面锣，对面鼓	dāng miàn luó , duì miàn gǔ	lit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom) / fig. to come together to thrash out the issue face to face
嚝	hōng	to sigh / sound of a drum
晨钟暮鼓	chén zhōng mù gǔ	lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
打拍	dǎ pāi	to beat time; to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards
擂	léi	to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door) / (dialect) to scold
打退堂鼓	dǎ tuì táng gǔ	lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail
重整旗鼓	chóng zhěng qí gǔ	lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback / to prepare for new initiatives / to attempt a comeback
鼓盆	gǔ pén	lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 庄子 grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife
闹场	nào chǎng	gongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera / to create a disturbance
擂鼓鸣金	léi gǔ míng jīn	to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back