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銅鼓

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Mandarin · pinyin tóng gǔ#

bronze drum
(Western-style) drum

Mandarin · pinyin Tóng gǔ#

see 銅鼓縣 Tóng gǔ Xiàn

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銅: Look up this written character
鼓: gǔ · drum; beat, top, strike; Kangxi radical 207
铜: tóng · copper, brass, bronze

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2–3 · tong2 gu3

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noun

(music) bronze drum (type of drum found in Southern China)

name

(～縣) Tonggu (a county of Yichun, Jiangxi, China)
(～鎮) Tonggu (a town in Wushan, Chongqing, China)

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