羯鼓催花 in English jie2 gu3 cui1 hua1 Meaning

Meanings

  • drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom

Simplified Characters

羯 鼓 催 花

Traditional Characters

羯 鼓 催 花

Pinyin

jie2 gu3 cui1 hua1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

羯jie2Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century 鼓gu3old variant of 鼓[gu3] 催cui1to urge 花hua1surname Hua