all the gongs and drums are beating; there arises the sound of gongs and drums ? 走不到百十步，只見四下里～，喊聲震地，一望都是火把。(《水滸全傳》755) They had marched less than a hundred paces when on every side gongs crashed and drums pounded. Resounding yells shook the ground.Torches everywhere sprang to light.
金鼓齊鳴jin gu qi ming
all the gongs and drums are beating—prelude to intense and fierce fighting
金鼓齊鳴jīn ɡǔ qí mǐnɡ
金鼓：指古代作戰(zhàn)時用來激勵士氣、發(fā)號令的金鉦和戰(zhàn)鼓。比喻戰(zhàn)斗激烈，士氣激昂。all the gongs and drums are beating, the sound of gongs and drums, there is a great noise of drums and gongs