偃旗息鼓

偃
旗
息
鼓
lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease / to give in

Characters and words in 偃旗息鼓

偃
yǎn = y + an3
surname Yan
偃
yǎn = y + an3
to lie supine / to stop / to fall down
旗
旂
qí = qi + Ø2
flag / variant of 旗[qi2]
旗 = 方 + 𠂉 + 其 : Normally the Queen of Hearts (qi) has her banner (旗) hanging on the top of the watchtower (其) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), but today a strange banner (旗) with a square (方) on it is hanging there instead. The Queen of Hearts wants to go up there to get the banner down, but somehow her key (𠂉) doesn't open the door anymore.
旗
qí = qi + Ø2
banner / flag / (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]) / administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county / CL:面[mian4]
旗 = 方 + 𠂉 + 其 : Normally the Queen of Hearts (qi) has her banner (旗) hanging on the top of the watchtower (其) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), but today a strange banner (旗) with a square (方) on it is hanging there instead. The Queen of Hearts wants to go up there to get the banner down, but somehow her key (𠂉) doesn't open the door anymore.
息
xi̅ = xi + Ø1
breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
息 = 心 + 自 : Mnemonic symbol: to breathe fire.
息 = 心 + 自 : Marie Curie practices breathing fire in front of the space station while watching herself in a hand mirror. Because she is so exited her heart is pounding very hard.
鼓
皷
gǔ = gu + Ø3
old variant of 鼓[gu3]
鼓
gǔ = gu + Ø3
drum / CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell
鼓 = 壴 + 支 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is beating her drums in the space station (Ø3). She is beating an archaic drum (壴) and a modern snare drum (鼓) using a twig (支).

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