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Examples:beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat—safe and sound (idiom); come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness)—Mach (aeronautics), unit of speed based on speed of sound = 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr—(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc—character serving as sound value of another character—yueqin, a lute with oval or octagonal sound box—sonar (sound navigation and ranging) (loanword)—with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)—incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone stapes stirrup bone—sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation—in Chinese phonetics, the medial and final sound of a syllable (i.e. excluding the initial consonant)—throat sound such as choking, donkey's bray etc—The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965)—sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc—Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)—(onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb. who is sound asleep—classifier for medicine in tablet form；small flat items in form of a slice, piece, disk or scrap；a meadow, forest, clouds，area of skin，large stretch of water e.g. ocean or lake；mental or real image of good harvest or great happiness；sound of footsteps or laughter； warmheartedness.—lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound [idiom.]— |