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鼓起
gǔqǐ
1. to drum up
2. to call up
3. to muster
4. to summon up (courage etc)
5. to stimulate
Common • Top 12%

Character Breakdown

鼓
gǔ
drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
HSK 4 13 丶
起
qǐ
to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
HSK 1 10 丶

Compound Words (1)

鼓起勇气
gǔqǐyǒngqì
to take courage

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
10,024 of 84,292