敲
边
鼓

敲边鼓 (qiāo biān gǔ) – to back sb up

qiāo biān gǔ

to back sb up

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 敲邊鼓0 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to back sb up
  2. 2to support sb in an argument
  3. 3(lit. to beat nearby drum)

Simplified & traditional

敲边鼓

Simplified

敲邊鼓

Traditional

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Related words

敲

qiāo

to hit

边

biān

side

鼓

gǔ

old variant of 鼓

旁边

páng biān

side

右边

yòu bian

right side

左边

zuǒ bian

left

一边

yī biān

one side

鼓励

gǔ lì

to encourage

鼓掌

gǔ zhǎng

to applaud

鼓舞

gǔ wǔ

heartening (news)

北边

běi biān

north

东边

dōng bian

east

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