| 偃旗息鼓 |
yǎn qí xī gǔ |
lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease / to give in |
| 偃 |
Yǎn |
surname Yan |
| 偃 |
yǎn |
to lie supine / to stop / to fall down |
| 旗 |
qí |
flag / variant of 旗 |
| 旗 |
qí |
banner / flag / (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗) / administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 县 county / CL:面 |
| 息 |
xī |
(bound form) breath / (bound form) to cease; to stop / (bound form) to rest / (bound form) news / (bound form) interest (on money) / (bound form) to grow; to multiply / (literary) one's child / Taiwan pr. [xi2] |
| 鼓 |
gǔ |
old variant of 鼓 |
| 鼓 |
gǔ |
drum / CL:通,面 / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell |