擂鼓鸣金 — Chinese idiom
擂鼓鸣金
léi gǔ míng jīn
Traditional: 擂鼓鳴金
Meaning
- to beat the drum and sound the gong ; fig. to order an advance or retreat
- to egg people on or to call them back
Character by character
- 擂léito rub, to grind; to use a mortar and pestle
- 鼓gǔdrum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
- 鸣mínga bird call or animal cry; to make a sound
- 金jīngold, metal; money
Idioms sharing a character
- 自吹自擂 zì chuī zì léi
- 偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ
- 大张旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ
- 打退堂鼓 dǎ tuì táng gǔ
- 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
- 桴鼓相应 fú gǔ xiāng yìng
- 欢欣鼓舞 huān xīn gǔ wǔ
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