擂
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) platform for a martial art contest
- 2.Taiwan pr. [léi]
- 1.to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door)
- 2.(dialect) to scold
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Wiktionary
- 1.to grind
- 2.to beat
- 3.to wipe hard/ roughly
- 4.only used in 擂臺／擂台 (lèitái)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ruːl, *ruːls): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 雷 (OC *ruːl).
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Components
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Derived terms
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Related words
吹擂 to talk big擂台 elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held擂茶 "leicha", a beverage or gruel made from tea leaves, roasted peanuts and herbs etc ground into a powder, traditionally consumed by Hakka people and in the north of Hunan province擂台赛 single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)打擂台 (old) to fight on the leitai大吹大擂 to make an exhibition of oneself自吹自擂 to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)擂鼓鸣金 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat