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Traditional (switch to Simplified)

打退堂鼓

dá tuì táng gǔ

Definition

  1. (lit.) to beat the return drum (idiom)
  2. (fig.) to give up
  3. to turn tail

Character Decomposition

打
=
扌
+
丁
退
=
辶
+
艮
堂
=
尚
+
土
鼓
=
壴
+
支

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