大张旗鼓(dà zhāng qí gǔ)

4 charactersTrad. 大張旗鼓

(idiom) with great fanfare

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Word information

Pinyin
dà zhāng qí gǔ
Meaning
(idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale
HSK level
Characters
4
Traditional
大張旗鼓

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