# 敲边鼓 (qiāobiāngǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 敲边鼓 (qiāobiāngǔ) means “to back someone up; to chime in”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to back someone up; to chime in
- Pinyin: qiāobiāngǔ (qiao1 bian1 gu3)
- Traditional: 敲邊鼓
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 你别在旁边帮他敲边鼓了。
  Nǐ bié zài pángbiān bāng tā qiāobiāngǔ le.
  Stop backing him up from the sidelines.

## Characters

- [敲](https://hanziro.com/word/qiao-knock/) (qiāo): to knock; to strike
- [边](https://hanziro.com/word/bian-side/) (biān): side; edge
- [鼓](https://hanziro.com/word/gu-drum/) (gǔ): drum; to beat a drum

https://hanziro.com/word/qiao-bian-gu-back-someone-up/

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