Search the dictionary A Chinese word or character, or English Search 12 entries. jiégǔ 羯鼓 double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist jiěgù 解雇 to fire jiěgù 解僱 to fire jiègù 借故 to find an excuse jiēgǔ 接骨 to set a broken bone jiégǔcuīhuā 羯鼓催花 drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom jiēguyǎn 节骨眼 critical juncture jiēguyǎn 節骨眼 critical juncture jiègǔfěngjīn 借古讽今 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom) jiègǔfěngjīn 借古諷今 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom) jiēgǔmù 接骨木 elder or elderberry (genus Sambucus) jiègǔyùjīn 借古喻今 to borrow the past as a model for the present