鼓 gǔ

1. gǔ noun a drum
   Domain: Music 音乐 , Concept: Percussion Instrument 打击乐器
   Notes: (Guoyu '鼓' n 1; Unihan '鼓')
2. gǔ verb to tap; to beat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鼓' v 1; Unihan '鼓')
3. gǔ verb to shake
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鼓' v 2)
4. gǔ noun Kangxi radical 207
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Drum (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '鼓' n 2)
5. gǔ verb to encourage
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鼓' v 3)

Contained in

• 河鼓二 Altair (star)
• 鼓浪屿(鼓浪嶼) Gulangyu
• 木箱鼓 cajón (musical instrument)
• 鼓姬 a femae musical performer
• 大肆鼓 to advocate; to praise
• 弦而鼓之 to tune one's zither then play it; to live by the consequences of one's actions
• 鼓鼓 bulging; bursting
• 一鼓作气(一鼓作氣) in a spurt of energy
• 不令人鼓舞 discouraging; disheartening
• 鼓风(鼓風) a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal); blast (in blast furnace); bellows; to draw air using bellows
• 鼓点(鼓點) drum beat; rhythm
• 鼓动(鼓動) to agitate; to arouse; to instigate; to encite
• 更鼓 drum marking night watches; night watchman's clapper
• 听话听声，锣鼓听音(聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音) to understand the unspoken implications
• 鼓吹 to agitate for; to advocate ; to praise ; a musical group for a feast or ceremony ; music
• 鼓励(鼓勵) to encourage
• 转鼓(轉鼓) rotary drum
• 鼓眼睛 protruding eyes
• 铜鼓(銅鼓) bronze drum; (Western-style) drum
• 花鼓戏(花鼓戲) Huagu opera
• 鼓琴 to play a stringed instrument
• 鼓乐(鼓樂) to play music
• 伯牙鼓琴 Boya plays the guqin
• 铃鼓(鈴鼓) tambourine
• 小鼓 snare drum
• 打退堂鼓 to beat the return drum; to give up; to turn tail
• 擂鼓鸣金(擂鼓鳴金) to beat the drum and sound the gong; to order an advance or retreat
• 鼓鼓囊囊 full and bulging (of a pocket, pouch etc)
• 金鼓旌旗 gongs and drums, banners and flags
• 锣鼓(鑼鼓) gongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments
• 鸣鼓而攻(鳴鼓而攻) sound the drums and attack; to denounce together as a group
• 板鼓 small drum for marking time
• 鱼鼓(魚鼓) percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish
• 鼓膜 eardrum; tympanum (of the middle ear); tympanic membrane
• 晨钟暮鼓(晨鐘暮鼓) morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice; encouragement to study or progress
• 暮鼓晨钟(暮鼓晨鐘) evening drum, morning bell; Buddhist monastic practice
• 耳鼓 eardrum; tympanum (of the middle ear); tympanic membrane
• 鼓盆之戚 drumming on a bowl in grief
• 落地鼓 floor tom (drum kit component)
• 鼓舞 to encourage ; heartening ; to excite; to arouse
• 筒鼓 tom-tom drum (drum kit component)
• 哑鼓(啞鼓) drum practice pad ; a practice drum
• 架子鼓 drum kit
• 桴鼓相应(桴鼓相應) the hammer fits the drum; appropriate relation between the different parts; closely interrelated
• 鼓胀(鼓脹) to swell; tympanites
• 圆鼓鼓(圓鼓鼓) round and bulging; rotund; protruding
• 吹鼓手 musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession; trumpeter of somebody's praises; booster
• 鼓楼(鼓樓) Drum Tower
• 鼓风炉(鼓風爐) a blast furnace (in modern times); a draft assisted furnace for smelting metals
• 捣鼓(搗鼓) to fiddle with something; to trade with

Also contained in

击鼓骂曹

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• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 820
• 卷一百二十八 志第八十一 樂三 Volume 128 Treatises 81: Music 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 119
• 卷一百二十一 志第七十四 禮二十四 Volume 121 Treatises 74: Rites 24 History of Song 宋史 — count: 72
• 卷二十九 志第九: 音樂二 Volume 29 Treatises 9: Music 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 70
• 卷15　志第10 音樂下 Volume 15 Treatises 10: Music 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 68
• 卷一百二十九 志第八十二 樂四 Volume 129 Treatises 82: Music 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 55
• 卷二十一　　　　志第十一　　　禮樂十一 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites and Music 11 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 46
• 卷十六　　　　　志第六　　　　禮樂六 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rites and Music 6 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 36
• 卷一百四十七 志第一百 儀衞五 Volume 147 Treatises 100: Ceremonial Guards 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
• 卷一百二十六 志第七十九 樂一 Volume 126 Treatises 79: Music 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 35

Collocations

• 鼓钟 (鼓鐘) 鼓鍾 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧鼓鍾 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Gu Zhong — count: 12
• 伐鼓 (伐鼓) 鉦人伐鼓 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧采芑 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Cai Qi — count: 9
• 鼓瑟 (鼓瑟) 何不日鼓瑟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧山有樞 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Shan You Shu — count: 9
• 鼓用 (鼓用) 鼓用牲于社 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
• 鼓人 (鼓人) 鼓人或請以城叛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 7
• 鼓在 (鼓在) 縣鼓在西 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮器》 Rites in the Formation of Character — count: 5
• 建鼓 (建鼓) 建鼓整列 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
• 衅鼓 (釁鼓) 不以纍臣釁鼓 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 鼓譟 (鼓譟) 請鼓譟以出 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
• 鼓不成 (鼓不成) 不鼓不成列 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4