打鼓
dǎ gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

打鼓
 - 
dǎ gǔ
  1. to beat a drum
  2. to play a drum
  3. (fig.) to feel nervous

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

打
dá
  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
打开
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
打下
dǎ xià
  1. 1 to lay (a foundation)
  2. 2 to conquer (a city etc)
  3. 3 to shoot down (a bird etc)
打交道
dǎ jiāo dào
  1. 1 to come into contact with
  2. 2 to have dealings

Idioms (20)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

Sample Sentences

不喜欢，但是我喜欢打鼓。
bù xǐhuan ，dànshì wǒ xǐhuan dǎgǔ 。
No, but I like to play the drums.
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然后敲锣打鼓。非常地有特色。
ránhòu qiāoluó dǎgǔ 。fēicháng fēichángde yǒu tèsè 。
And then play bells and drums. It's very distinctive.
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打鼓
dǎgǔ
to play drums
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不知道今晚邻居还会不会练习打鼓，我的心情真烦躁。
bù zhīdào jīnwǎn línjū hái huì bu huì liànxí dǎgǔ ，wǒ de xīnqíng zhēn fánzào 。
I'm not sure if my neighbor will be practicing drums again tonight or not. I'm so agitated.
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昨晚邻居练习打鼓直到十二点半，我没有睡好。
zuówǎn línjū liànxí dǎgǔ zhídào shí\'èr diǎn bàn ，wǒ méiyǒu shuì hǎo 。
Last night, my neighbor practiced drums until 12:30. I didn't sleep well.
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他又开始打鼓了！嗯？天哪，那是什么声音？
tā yòu kāishǐ dǎgǔ le ！ng4 ？tiānna ，nà shì shénme shēngyīn ？
He's playing the drums again! Huh? Oh, gosh. What's that sound?
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昨晚的打鼓练习很顺利，睡得也很好。
zuówǎn de dǎgǔ liànxí hěn shùnlì ，shuì de yě hěn hǎo 。
Drum practice went really smoothly last night, and I slept really well.
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今天一天都是好心情，晚上我要更热情地打鼓。
jīntiān yī tiān dōu shì hǎo xīnqíng ，wǎnshang wǒ yào gèng rèqíng de dǎgǔ 。
I've been in a good mood all day. Tonight, I'm going to play my drums with even more enthusiasm.
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不是。横吹的是笛子，竖吹的是箫。你再看那边，他们在打鼓！
bùshì 。héng chuī de shì dízi ，shù chuī de shì xiāo 。nǐ zài kàn nàbiān ，tāmen zài dǎgǔ ！
No. The one played horizontally is called a 'dizi' and the one played vertically is called a 'xiao'. Now look over there. They're playing the drums!
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