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鼓板

Mandarin · pinyin gǔ bǎn

clapper-board

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鼓: gǔ · drum; beat, top, strike; Kangxi radical 207
板: bǎn · plank, board; iron or tin plate

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3–3 · gu3 ban3

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gu2 baan2

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noun

(music) two instruments played together by a single player: a small drum played with a stick in one hand, and a hardwood or bamboo clapper played by the other hand, used to accompany traditional Chinese music

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