偃旗息鼓(yǎn qí xī gǔ): lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom)
4 characters
lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- yǎn qí xī gǔ
- Meaning
- lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- Same
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 偃旗息鼓 — tap one to open its word page.
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HSK 6flag (of a country)
qí旗zhì帜
HSK 7-9ensign
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to fly a flag at half-mast as a sign of mourning
wǔ五xīng星hóng红qí旗
five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
bā八qí旗
Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 后金 from c. 1600, subse…
zhǔn准gé格ěr尔qí旗
Jungar Banner in Ordos 鄂尔多斯, Inner Mongolia
bié别shù树yī一qí旗
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner
shēng升qí旗
to raise a flag
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