Read Edit View history 打退堂鼓 dǎtuìtánggǔ to give up Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 打退堂鼓 dǎtuìtánggǔ to give up (idiom) to give up midway; to back out of a commitment; to lose heart and quit Edit Delete 打退堂鼓 dǎtuìtánggǔ to beat the return drum (literary) to beat a drum to signal the end of a court session in ancient government offices Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 打退堂鼓/打退堂鼓 → 敲退堂鼓/敲退堂鼓 Edit Delete
打退堂鼓 dǎtuìtánggǔ to give up (idiom) to give up midway; to back out of a commitment; to lose heart and quit Edit Delete
打退堂鼓 dǎtuìtánggǔ to beat the return drum (literary) to beat a drum to signal the end of a court session in ancient government offices Edit Delete