打退堂鼓

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	drum used at the end of a court hearing
simp. and trad. (打退堂鼓)		打	退堂鼓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎ tuìtánggǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² teoi³ tong⁴ gu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎ tuìtánggǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa tueytangrguu
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daa² teoi³ tong⁴ gu²
  - Yale: dá teui tòhng gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daa² toey³ tong⁴ gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: da² têu³ tong⁴ gu²
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑː³⁵ tʰɵy̯³³ tʰɔːŋ²¹ kuː³⁵/

Verb

打退堂鼓

(historical) to beat the drum before the magistrate withdraws from the court
(figuratively) to beat a retreat; to give up halfway

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