打退堂鼓
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Chinese
[edit]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 | ||
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trad. (打退堂鼓) | 打 | 退堂鼓 | |
simp. #(打退堂鼓) | 打 | 退堂鼓 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄍㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ tuèitánggǔ
- Wade–Giles: ta3 tʻui4-tʻang2-ku3
- Yale: dǎ twèi-táng-gǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa tueytarngguu
- Palladius: да туйтангу (da tujtangu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daa2 teoi3 tong4 gu2
- Yale: dá teui tòhng gú
- Cantonese Pinyin: daa2 toey3 tong4 gu2
- Guangdong Romanization: da2 têu3 tong4 gu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /taː³⁵ tʰɵy̯³³ tʰɔːŋ²¹ kuː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]打退堂鼓
- (historical) to beat the drum before the magistrate withdraws from the court
- (figurative) to beat a retreat; to give up halfway