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擊鼓傳花

简 击鼓传花 · 繁 擊鼓傳花
Mandarin · pinyin jī gǔ chuán huā

Meanings

  1. beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)
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擊
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鼓
gǔ · drum; beat, top, strike; Kangxi radical 207
傳
chuán · summon; propagate, transmit
花
huā · flower; blossoms
击
jī · strike, hit, beat; attack, fight
传
chuán · summon; propagate, transmit
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1–3–2–1 · ji1 gu3 chuan2 hua1

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擊鼓傳花 · ji1 gu3 chuan2 hua1
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Exact source record擊鼓傳花 击鼓传花 [ji1 gu3 chuan2 hua1] /beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)/