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铙吹
náo​chuī

military music

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 铙 鐃 náo
    ancient army bell
    (bound form) an ancient percussion instrument used in military context to signal a stop to drumming, shaped like a large bell without a clapper and struck with a mallet
  2. 吹 chuī verb
    to play
    to play a wind instrument; (archaic) variant pronunciation used in certain terms like 鼓吹 gǔ​chuì