開臺鑼鼓

開臺鑼鼓

Chinese

		to begin a theatrical performance	gongs and drums; percussion instruments
trad. (開臺鑼鼓/開台鑼鼓)		開臺/開台	鑼鼓
simp. (开台锣鼓)		开台	锣鼓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāitáiluógǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄊㄞˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ toi⁴ lo⁴ gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāitáiluógǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄊㄞˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaitairluoguu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaitáiluógǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ lwɔ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ toi⁴ lo⁴ gu²
    • Yale: hōi tòih lòh gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ toi⁴ lo⁴ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ toi⁴ lo⁴ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ tʰɔːy̯²¹ lɔː²¹ kuː³⁵/

Idiom

開臺鑼鼓

1. beating the gongs and drums before a theatrical performance; curtain-raiser

   • 好在延安許多同志已有詳盡的文章，我的粗枝大葉的東西，就當作一番開臺鑼鼓好了。 [MSC, trad.]
     好在延安许多同志已有详尽的文章，我的粗枝大叶的东西，就当作一番开台锣鼓好了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Hǎozài Yán'ān xǔduō tóngzhì yǐ yǒu xiángjìn de wénzhāng, wǒ de cūzhīdàyè de dōngxi, jiù dàngzuò yīfān kāitáiluógǔ hǎo le. [Pinyin]

     Fortunately, there are many comrades in Yenan who have written at length in this field, so that my rough and ready words may serve the same purpose as the beating of the gongs before a theatrical performance.