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鼓盆

gǔ pén

2-character word

What 鼓盆 means

1. lit. to drum on a bowl
2. refers to Zhuangzi {庄子|Zhuāng zǐ} grieving for his lost wife
3. fig. grief for a lost wife

The characters in 鼓盆

• 鼓gǔdrum; to drum; to strike
• 盆pénbasin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗

Words starting with 鼓盆

• 鼓盆之戚gǔ pén zhī qīdrumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 庄子; fig. grief for a lost wife

Sounds the same

Read gǔ pén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 骨盆pelvis