高山打鼓，鸣声大高山打鼓，鳴聲大高山打鼓，鳴聲大

beating a drum on a high mountain: the sound is loud

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Said of a person who is very famous.
Wordplay: 鸣 (míng) 'sound' is a pun on 名 (míng) 'fame', so a loud drum becomes a great name.

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Simplified: 高山打鼓，鸣声大
Traditional (Taiwan): 高山打鼓，鳴聲大
Pinyin: gāoshān dǎgǔ, míngshēng dà
Bopomofo: ㄍㄠㄕㄢㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ，ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥㄉㄚˋ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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