羯鼓催花
jié​gǔ​cuī​huā

drumming to make flowers bloom

  • created reference approved 羯鼓催花 → 羯鼓 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    羯鼓催花 jié​gǔ​cuī​huā

    羯鼓 jié​gǔ

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 羯鼓催花 · jié​gǔ​cuī​huā · drumming to make flowers bloom — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    羯鼓催花

    jié​gǔ​cuī​huā

    drumming to make flowers bloom

    Refers to a story about Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang dynasty who was so skilled at playing the [[羯鼓|羯鼓|jie2 gu3]] drum that his performance caused flowers to blossom.

    羯鼓 (literal) → 羯鼓 · jié​gǔ · hourglass drum 催 (literal) → 催 · cuī · to hasten 花 (literal) → 花 · huā · to bloom

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

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