桴鼓相应
fú​gǔ​xiāng​yìng

to work in coordination

  • created sense approved 桴鼓相应/桴鼓相應 · fú​gǔ​xiāng​yìng · to work in coordination — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    桴鼓相应 / 桴鼓相應

    fú​gǔ​xiāng​yìng

    to work in coordination

    literally meaning the drumbeat follows the strike of the mallet; describes things that are closely interrelated or working together in perfect coordination

    桴 (literal) → 桴 · fú · drumstick 鼓 (literal) → 鼓 · gǔ · drum 相应 (literal) → 相应/相應 · xiāng​yìng · to echo

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

    created sense