As he grew poorer and poorer, people stopped lending him money, even in small sums.

在穷底结果病，身便变成枯黄色，脸孔黄和小铜鼓一样，连眼白也黄了。

Kieu started collecting the bronze drums before 1975 when he was a doctor in south Vietnam's airborne division.

Kieu在1975年之前就开收集铜鼓，当时他是越南南部空降师一名医生。

Some of Vietnam's earliest written history was inscribed on the Dong Son, bronze drums, first made in Vietnam over 2000 years ago.

越南最早一些文字历史是两千年前镌刻在越南制造铜鼓上。

The musicians took up a position inside, and were vigorously performing on their gongs, tam–tams, flutes, bones, tambourines, and immense drums.

大门口吹鼓手也撤到里头来了。乐队到齐，铜锣、堂锣、快板、竖笛、小铜鼓、大洋鼓都翻天覆地地吹打起来了。