擂台 擂臺

擂

• 吹擂 chuī léi ㄔㄨㄟ ㄌㄟˊ ceoi1 leoi4 to talk big
• 擂茶 léi chá ㄌㄟˊ ㄔㄚˊ leoi4 caa4 "leicha", a beverage or gruel made from tea leaves, roasted peanuts and herbs etc ground into a powder, traditionally consumed by Hakka people and in the north of Hunan province
• 打擂台 打擂臺 dǎ lèi tái ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄊㄞˊ daa2 leoi4 toi4 (old) to fight on the leitai
• 擂台赛 擂臺賽 lèi tái sài ㄌㄟˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄙㄞˋ leoi4 toi4 coi3 single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)
• 大吹大擂 dà chuī dà léi ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄟˊ daai6 ceoi1 daai6 leoi4 to make an exhibition of oneself

台 臺

• 上台 shàng tái ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄞˊ soeng5 toi4 to rise to power (in politics)
• 下台 下臺 xià tái ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄞˊ haa6 toi4 to go off the stage
• 出台 出臺 chū tái ㄔㄨ ㄊㄞˊ ceot1 toi4 to officially launch (a policy, program etc)
• 前台 前臺 qián tái ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄞˊ cin4 toi4 stage
• 台湾 台灣 Tái wān ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ toi4 waan1 variant of 台湾

• 擂鼓鸣金 擂鼓鳴金 léi gǔ míng jīn ㄌㄟˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣ leoi4 gu2 ming4 gam1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
• 自吹自擂 zì chuī zì léi ㄗˋ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄗˋ ㄌㄟˊ zi6 ceoi1 zi6 leoi4 to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)

• 唱对台戏 唱對臺戲 chàng duì tái xì ㄔㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄒㄧˋ coeng3 deoi3 toi4 hei3 to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
• 近水楼台 近水樓臺 jìn shuǐ lóu tái ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄡˊ ㄊㄞˊ gan6 seoi2 lau4 toi4 lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
• 债台高筑 債臺高築 zhài tái gāo zhù ㄓㄞˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄍㄠ ㄓㄨˋ zaai3 toi4 gou1 zuk1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt