腰鼓
yāo gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

腰鼓
 - 
yāo gǔ
  1. waist drum
  2. waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

鼓
gǔ
  1. 1 old variant of 鼓[gǔ]
腰
yāo
  1. 1 waist
  2. 2 lower back
  3. 3 pocket
  4. 4 middle
  5. 5 loins
腰带
yāo dài
  1. 1 belt
鼓励
gǔ lì
  1. 1 to encourage
鼓浪屿
Gǔ làng yǔ
  1. 1 Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门[Xià mén]
叉腰
chā yāo
  1. 1 to put one's hands on one's hips
  2. 2 also written 插腰[chā yāo]
弯腰
wān yāo
  1. 1 to stoop
懒腰
lǎn yāo
  1. 1 a stretch (of one's body)
打鼓
dǎ gǔ
  1. 1 to beat a drum
  2. 2 to play a drum
  3. 3 (fig.) to feel nervous
捣鼓
dǎo gu
  1. 1 to fiddle with sth
  2. 2 to trade with sth
撑腰
chēng yāo
  1. 1 to support
  2. 2 to brace
束腰
shù yāo
  1. 1 girdle
腰包
yāo bāo
  1. 1 waist purse (old)
  2. 2 (fig.) purse
  3. 3 pocket
  4. 4 waist pack
  5. 5 fanny pack
  6. 6 bum bag
腰围
yāo wéi
  1. 1 waist measurement
  2. 2 girth
腰子
yāo zi
  1. 1 kidney
腰斩
yāo zhǎn
  1. 1 to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment)
  2. 2 to cut sth in half
  3. 3 to reduce sth by a dramatic margin
  4. 4 to terminate
  5. 5 to cut short
腰果
yāo guǒ
  1. 1 cashew nuts
腰椎
yāo zhuī
  1. 1 lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)
腰缠万贯
yāo chán wàn guàn
  1. 1 lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
  2. 2 extremely wealthy
  3. 3 loaded
腰部
yāo bù
  1. 1 waist
  2. 2 small of the back

Idioms (18)

偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
打退堂鼓
dǎ tuì táng gǔ
  1. 1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to give up
  3. 3 to turn tail
擂鼓鸣金
léi gǔ míng jīn
  1. 1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
  2. 2 to egg people on or to call them back
击鼓鸣金
jī gǔ míng jīn
  1. 1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
  2. 2 to egg people on or to call them back
旗鼓相当
qí gǔ xiāng dāng
  1. 1 lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched
  2. 2 roughly comparable (opponents)
晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
暮鼓晨钟
mù gǔ chén zhōng
  1. 1 lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
  2. 2 the passage of time in a disciplined existence
桴鼓相应
fú gǔ xiāng yìng
  1. 1 lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom); appropriate relation between the different parts
  2. 2 closely interrelated
欢欣鼓舞
huān xīn gǔ wǔ
  1. 1 elated and excited (idiom); overjoyed
蒙在鼓里
méng zài gǔ lǐ
  1. 1 lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. completely in the dark
站着说话不腰疼
zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng
  1. 1 it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom)
  2. 2 to be an armchair expert
  3. 3 to blabber on
听话听声，锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
  1. 1 to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
腰缠万贯
yāo chán wàn guàn
  1. 1 lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
  2. 2 extremely wealthy
  3. 3 loaded
腰金衣紫
yāo jīn yī zǐ
  1. 1 golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
重整旗鼓
chóng zhěng qí gǔ
  1. 1 lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback
  2. 2 to prepare for new initiatives
  3. 3 to attempt a comeback
锣齐鼓不齐
luó qí gǔ bù qí
  1. 1 not well coordinated (idiom)
点头哈腰
diǎn tóu hā yāo
  1. 1 to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping
  2. 2 unctuous fawning
鼓盆之戚
gǔ pén zhī qī
  1. 1 drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife)
  2. 2 fig. grief for a lost wife

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