一鼓作气

Characters and words in 一鼓作气

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
old variant of 鼓[gu3]
drum / CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is beating her drums in the space station (Ø3). She is beating an archaic drum (壴) and a modern snare drum (鼓) using a twig (支).
worker / workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person)
to do / to grow / to write or compose / to pretend / to regard as / to feel / writings or works

= + : Rosa Luxemburg and Zapatista Zebra are high-fiveing in the observatory's bathroom because they're growing so awesome Mohawk haircuts.
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works
gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi

Mnemonic symbol: a balloon. The Queen of Hearts is disappointed by her balloons. She expected them to float upwards, but in the space station's bathroom, They float randomly in all directions.
gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi

Words with 一鼓作气

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Sentences with 一鼓作气

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