打退堂鼓
C1–C2
Level 7
Definition
- lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
- fig. to give up
- to turn tail
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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).