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打退堂鼓

lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail

Characters and words in 打退堂鼓

= d + a2
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= d + a3
to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from
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to beat back / to repel / to repulse
退
tuì = tu + ei4
to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw
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退
tuì = tu + ei4
to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline
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táng = t + ang2
(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture
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= gu + Ø3
= gu + Ø3
drum / CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell
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Words with 打退堂鼓

打退堂鼓 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 打退堂鼓

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