擂
Meaning
- to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door)
- (dialect) to scold
- (bound form) platform for a martial art contest
- Taiwan pr. [léi]
Example sentences
- He boasted of having won the first prize.
- I've had enough of your boasts.
- This may sound like blowing my own horn, but ...
Words with 擂
- 擂台lèitáielevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held
- 擂茶léichá"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
- 吹擂chuīléito talk big
- 打擂台dǎlèitái(fig.) to enter a contest
- 擂台赛lèitáisàisingle-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)
- 大吹大擂dàchuīdàléito make an exhibition of oneself
- 自吹自擂zìchuīzìléito blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
- 擂鼓鸣金léigǔmíngjīnto beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat