打退堂鼓
打退堂鼓
dá tuì táng gǔ
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom); fig. to give up; to turn tail
idiomverb
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- (idiom, verb) lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
- fig. to give up
- to turn tail
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Related Words
一拍即合(yī pāi jí hé)— lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
→一板一眼(yī bǎn yī yǎn)— lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
→一板三眼(yī bǎn sān yǎn)— lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
→咢(è)— beat a drum
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