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Usage of the character 擂

lèi
[擂]
  • (bound form) platform for a martial art contest
  • Taiwan pr. (léi)
léi
[擂]
  • to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door)
  • (dialect) to scold
léichá
擂茶
[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
lèitái
擂台
[擂臺]
  • elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held
  • arena
  • ring
chuīléi
吹擂
[吹擂]
  • to talk big
  • to boast
dǎlèitái
打擂台
[打擂臺]
  • (old) to fight on the leitai
  • (fig.) to enter a contest
lèitáisài
擂台赛
[擂臺賽]
  • single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)
zìchuīzìléi
自吹自擂
[自吹自擂]
  • to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
dàchuīdàléi
大吹大擂
[大吹大擂]
  • to make an exhibition of oneself
  • ostentation
léigǔmíngjīn
擂鼓鸣金
[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