busy preparation right before the launch of an event / program

verb; to bang on the gong; to hurry frantically

to be unable to find someone even after expending a large amount of effort and resources [colloquial]

to be unable to find something even beat the gong; search everywhere but find nothing

being the leader; to take the lead

verb; alert or alarm sound from the night watch from 5am, to wake people up (used before clocks were introduced in China). It means it is very noisy, need everyone to know

beat a gong

busy for preparation; great fanfare; wildly beating gongs and drums; intense publicity campaign in preparation for some sinister undertaking

gong

Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter in Hong Kong [written and colloquial]

Taiyaki

a milling machine

gongs and drums

start of a show or event

the opening gongs and drums; the lead