击 鼓 传 花

jī gǔ chuán huādictionary entry

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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Original source entry:

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)/

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Other forms in these source records: 擊鼓傳花

击
jī
to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [jí]
鼓
gǔ
drum / CL:通[tòng],面[miàn] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell
传
chuán
to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)
zhuàn
biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station
花
huā
flower / blossom / CL:朵[duǒ],支[zhī],束[shù],把[bǎ],盆[pén],簇[cù] / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful / also pr. [wěi]
Huā
surname Hua

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