桴鼓相应 — Chinese idiom
桴鼓相应
fú gǔ xiāng yìng
Traditional: 桴鼓相應
Meaning
- lit. the hammer fits the drum ; appropriate relation between the different parts
- closely interrelated
Character by character
- 桴fúbeam, rafter
- 鼓gǔdrum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 应yìngshould, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with,
Idioms sharing a character
- 偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ
- 大张旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ
- 打退堂鼓 dǎ tuì táng gǔ
- 擂鼓鸣金 léi gǔ míng jīn
- 击鼓鸣金 jī gǔ míng jīn
- 旗鼓相当 qí gǔ xiāng dāng
- 晨钟暮鼓 chén zhōng mù gǔ
- 暮鼓晨钟 mù gǔ chén zhōng
- 欢欣鼓舞 huān xīn gǔ wǔ
- 紧锣密鼓 jǐn luó mì gǔ
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