Jiàoliàn zài zhōngchǎng xiūxī shí gěi duìyuán gǔqì.
The coach pumped up the team during halftime.
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鼓 means 'drum / to beat a drum / to swell up' and 气 is 'air'. Picture cheeks swelling like a drumhead full of air — that's both the literal puffing-up sense and the figurative morale-boosting one (filling teammates with 'air' = fight).
