更鼓
gēng gǔ
Pinyin
Definition
更鼓
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- drum marking night watches
- night watchman's clapper
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to change or replace
- 2 to experience
- 3 one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
- 4 watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- 1 to replace the old with new
- 2 to renew
- 3 to renovate
- 4 to upgrade
- 5 to update
- 6 to regenerate
- 1 more (than sth else)
- 2 even more
- 1 menopause
- 2 andropause
- 1 to replace (a worn-out tire etc)
- 2 to change (one's address etc)
Idioms (20)
偃旗息鼓
- 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
- 2 to give in
屋漏更遭连夜雨
- 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
打退堂鼓
- 1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
- 2 fig. to give up
- 3 to turn tail
擂鼓鸣金
- 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
击鼓鸣金
- 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