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
- I've had enough of your boasts.
Words with 擂
- 擂台 lèitái elevated 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 chuīléi to talk big
- 打擂台 dǎlèitái (fig.) to enter a contest
- 擂台赛 lèitáisài single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)
- 大吹大擂 dàchuīdàléi to make an exhibition of oneself
- 自吹自擂 zìchuīzìléi to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
- 擂鼓鸣金 léigǔmíngjīn to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat