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Change log entry 85094
Processed by: kbaiko (2024-06-29 15:32:51 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 78310 - submitted by 'hanxue' >>
For example: as the competition date draws near, all participants train []. (assidiously)

Referring to Taiwan Ministry of Education's definition https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/idiomView.jsp?ID=14913&webMd=1&la=0

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Editor:

I would say it's a sense of "urgency" rather than "nervousness".

Some C-E dictionaries define it as "to carry out an intense publicity campaign", which I think is a narrower definition of "to prepare for something". As many examples show, this idiom has nothing to do with publicity campaigns.

>“四人帮”以为时机已到,更加无所顾忌,猖狂地向党进攻。他们紧锣密鼓,加紧策划,秘密串连,四处游说
>更加紧锣密鼓地进行篡党夺权的阴谋活动,充分暴露出他们迫不及待要篡党夺权的反革命狰狞面目。
>城墙上,虎啸城的武者紧锣密鼓地修复着那大阵的缺口,紧赶慢赶,总算将阵法重新修复。
>而且慧琳的声音特质,跟与生俱来的音乐天赋,吸引了大批的音乐制作人提供作品,新专辑也在紧锣密鼓地筹备,单单录歌都是件大工程,自然没功夫回家来“探亲”了。
>按照现在的势力,一周内突破三个亿不是问题,已经把目标定到十亿以上了,北美和欧洲的版权运营也在紧锣密鼓筹备,估计半个月后就能上映。
>就在金鹰宗紧锣密鼓的计划着如何斩杀羿锋的时候,在阁楼之中的怪老头等人也有些不耐烦了。羿锋闭关已经有一个月的时间了,可是那房门依旧紧闭,除去传出浓郁的药香,没有一丝别的动静
>距离天亮还有四个多小时,安室透迅速驾车离去,去紧锣密鼓地部署计划了
>“看来,所有能力足够的人都在紧锣密鼓的忙活着呢
Diff:
# 緊鑼密鼓 紧锣密鼓 [[jin3 luo2 mi4 gu3]] /Sense of nervousness before an important event./
# Editor:
+ 緊鑼密鼓 紧锣密鼓 [[jin3luo2-mi4gu3]] /lit. urgent beating of gongs and drums (idiom)/fig. to urgently prepare for an upcoming event/
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