drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom

jié gǔ cuī huā

j+ié·2nd toneg+ǔ·3rd tonec+uī·1st toneh+uā·1st tone

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