敲
边
鼓

To back sb up in Chinese: 敲边鼓 (qiāo biān gǔ)

qiāo biān gǔ

to back sb up

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 敲邊鼓1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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敲
边
鼓

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ㄑㄧㄠ

qiāo

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

ㄅㄧㄢ

biān

ㄅ/ bㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄍㄨˇ

gǔ

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

敲边鼓

Simplified

敲邊鼓

Traditional

Example sentences

See 敲边鼓 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 谈话时他一直在旁边帮我敲边鼓。

    tán huà shí tā yì zhí zài páng biān bāng wǒ qiāo biān gǔ。

    During the talk he kept backing me up from the side.

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Related words

敲

qiāo

to hit

边

biān

side

鼓

gǔ

drum

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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