吹鼓手

(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster

to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through

old variant of 鼓[gu3]

drum / CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell

drummer

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]