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打退堂鼓

dǎ tuì táng gǔ

C1–C2 Level 7

打退堂鼓 (dǎ tuì táng gǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

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

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Related words at this level

打理打拚打趣打探打壓打住大本營大臣

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).