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打退堂鼓
dǎ tuì táng gǔ
What 打退堂鼓 means
- lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
- fig. to give up
- to turn tail
The characters in 打退堂鼓
- 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
- 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
- 堂táng(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
- 鼓gǔdrum; to drum; to strike
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