羯鼓催花
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
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- drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
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Related Words
花(Huā)— surname Hua
→击鼓传花(jī gǔ chuán huā)— beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)
→梅(Méi)— surname Mei
→花有重开日，人无再少年(huā yǒu chóng kāi rì , rén wú zài shào nián)— a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb)
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