1 very early in the morning

2 in the wee hours

1 early morning

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 early morning

1 this morning

1 to beat a drum

2 to play a drum

3 (fig.) to feel nervous

1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)

2 early morning is the golden time of the day

1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease

2 to give in

1 rare as morning stars (idiom)

2 few and far between

3 sparse

1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)

2 fig. to give up

3 to turn tail

1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat

2 to egg people on or to call them back