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Trad. 鳴
- to cry (of birds, animals and insects)
- to make a sound
- to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
Trad. 哀鳴
- (of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound
- whine; moan; wail
Trad. 鳴叫
- to emit a sound
- (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc
- (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
Trad. 武鳴區
- Wuming, a district of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi
Trad. 鳴不平
- to cry out against injustice
- to protest unfairness
Trad. 篝火狐鳴
- to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion
- an uprising is afoot (idiom)
Trad. 孤掌難鳴
- It's hard to clap with only one hand.
- It takes two to tango
- It's difficult to achieve anything without support.
Trad. 擂鼓鳴金
- to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
- to egg people on or to call them back
Trad. 牝雞牡鳴
- female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority
- women meddle in politics
- The female wears the trousers.
Trad. 不平則鳴
- where there is injustice, there will be an outcry
- man will cry out against injustice
Trad. 奏鳴曲式
- sonata form (one of the large-scale structures used in Western classical music)
Trad. 雞鳴狗盜
- crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom)
- bag of tricks
- useful talents
Trad. 擊鼓鳴金
- to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
- to egg people on or to call them back
Trad. 百家爭鳴
- a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
Trad. 大鳴大放
- (idiom) to freely air one's views; to be heard far and wide; to attract a lot of attention
Trad. 鐘鳴漏盡
- past one's prime
- in one's declining years
Trad. 鳴金收兵
- to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
Trad. 鳴金收軍
- to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
Trad. 一鳴驚人
- to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
Trad. 鳴鑼開道
- to beat the gong to clear the way
- (fig.) to pave the way for sth
Trad. 琴瑟和鳴
- in perfect harmony
- in sync
- lit. qin and se sing in harmony
Trad. 大鳴大放運動
- see 百花運動|百花运动[Bai3 hua1 Yun4 dong4]
Trad. 黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴
- lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
- good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
Trad. 百花齊放，百家爭鳴
- a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956