敲警钟
qiāo​jǐng​zhōng

to sound a warning

  • created sense approved 敲警钟/敲警鐘 · qiāo​jǐng​zhōng · to sound a warning — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    敲警钟 / 敲警鐘

    qiāo​jǐng​zhōng

    to sound a warning

    to sound an alarm or issue a warning to make people stay alert to potential danger; to strike a warning bell

    敲, 警钟

    敲 (literal) → 敲 · qiāo · to knock 警钟 (literal) → 警钟/警鐘 · jǐng​zhōng · alarm bell

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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