Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「漁陽鞞鼓」, with its explanation below.
The featured idiom 「漁陽鞞鼓」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Refers to the incident in 755 AD when An Lushan rebelled against the Tang Dynasty in Yuyang. A small drum used by cavalry. Later it was also used as a metaphor for foreign invasion.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yú yáng bì gǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yu4 yeung4 bing2 gu2
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