偃旗息鼓

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

surname Yan

to lie supine / to stop / to fall down

flag / variant of 旗[qi2]

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]

breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

old variant of 鼓[gu3]

drum / CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell