偃旗息鼓 — Chinese idiom
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
Meaning
- lit. lay down the flag and still the drums ; fig. to cease
- to give in
Character by character
- 偃yǎnto cease, to lay down, to lay off
- 旗qíbanner, flag, streamer
- 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath,
- 鼓gǔdrum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
Idioms sharing a character
- 别树一旗 bié shù yī qí
- 大张旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ
- 摇旗呐喊 yáo qí nà hǎn
- 收旗卷伞 shōu qí juǎn sǎn
- 旗帜鲜明 qí zhì xiān míng
- 旗开得胜 qí kāi dé shèng
- 旗鼓相当 qí gǔ xiāng dāng
- 重整旗鼓 chóng zhěng qí gǔ
- 仰人鼻息 yǎng rén bí xī
- 姑息养奸 gū xī yǎng jiān
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