打退堂鼓

dǎ tuì táng gǔ

C1–C2 Level 7

Definition

  1. lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
  2. fig. to give up
  3. 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).