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羯鼓催花 (kit3 gu2 ceoi1 faa1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

羯鼓催花 (kit3 gu2 ceoi1 faa1, jié gǔ cuī huā) — drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 羯 (kit3) — ram, esp. gelded; castrated ram; deer's skin; an ancient barbaric tribe
• 羯族 (kit3 zuk6) — Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
• 羯磨 (kit3 mo4) — karma (loanword)
• 羯羊 (kit3 joeng4) — wether (castrated ram)
• 羯胡 (kit3 wu4) — Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
• 羯鼓 (kit3 gu2) — double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist

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