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Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「金鼓喧闐」, with more below.

The idiom 「金鼓喧闐」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Golden drum: golden cymbals and drums. Noisy: loud. Describes the noisy and lively sound of music performance. It also describes the might of the army or the fierce battle.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jīn gǔ xuān tián

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gam1 gu2 hyun1 tin4

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