beat the drums and blare the trumpets

beat the drums and blare the trumpets

The Chinese idiom, G ǔ Ji ǎ OQ í m í ng in pinyin, means that the war drums are ringing and the trumpets are sounding. It describes the majestic battle of the army. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Notes on Idioms

Drum: war drum; horn: musical instrument in ancient army, namely horn.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 79 of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "the drums and horns in front of us are singing together. A young man's army comes out. Let Ma Su go and stop Zhang Ying."

Idiom usage

To describe the majestic scene of an army attack. In Chapter 47 of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty said: "so he ordered the grain to feed the horses, and the soldiers were fed and galloped. Compared to Qin village, it's just three o'clock. With a shout, the drums and horns roar together and enter the camp gate. "