Word information
Simplified偃旗息鼓
Traditional偃旗息鼓
Pinyinyǎn qí xī gǔ
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Chinese word dictionary
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ · lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease; to give in
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