Dictionary › 擂鼓鸣金

擂鼓鸣金

léi gǔ míng jīn

4-character word Traditional 擂鼓鳴金

What 擂鼓鸣金 means

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

The characters in 擂鼓鸣金

• 擂léito pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum)…
• 鼓gǔdrum; to drum; to strike
• 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals