gǔ zào

鼓噪 (gǔ zào) is a Chinese word meaning “(in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle); to create a clamor; to make a din; to kick up a fuss about”.

Meanings

  1. 1(in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle)
  2. 2to create a clamor; to make a din; to kick up a fuss about

Characters in 鼓噪

鼓gǔ · drum噪zào · (literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp

Related words

鼓励to encourage鼓掌to applaud鼓drum鼓old variant of 鼓[gu3]噪音rumble鼓舞to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)蒙在鼓里lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)蒙在鼓里variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3]鼓手drummer噪声noise鼓动to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite打鼓to beat a drum

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