gǔ​qiè

beginning-school ceremony

  • created sense approved 鼓箧/鼓篋 · gǔ​qiè · beginning-school ceremony — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鼓箧 / 鼓篋

    gǔ​qiè

    beginning-school ceremony

    (archaic) an ancient ceremony for starting school, involving the beating of a drum to gather students followed by opening their book cases

    鼓 (literal) → 鼓 · gǔ · to beat 箧 (literal) → 箧/篋 · qiè · small chest

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  • created sense approved 鼓箧/鼓篋 · gǔ​qiè · classical learning — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鼓箧 / 鼓篋

    gǔ​qiè

    classical learning

    studying or pursuing an education, particularly in a traditional or classical context

    鼓 (literal) → 鼓 · gǔ · to beat 箧 (literal) → 箧/篋 · qiè · small chest

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

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