击鼓鸣金
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
verbidiom
Traditional: 擊鼓鳴金
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- (verb, idiom) 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
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Related Words
擂鼓鸣金(léi gǔ míng jīn)— to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
→一拍即合(yī pāi jí hé)— lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
→一板一眼(yī bǎn yī yǎn)— lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
→一板三眼(yī bǎn sān yǎn)— lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
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