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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 打退堂鼓
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 打退堂鼓 | dǎ tuì táng gǔ | - lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) - fig. to give up - to turn tail |
List Ranking for: 打退堂鼓
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 23,608 | 61,274 | 62,721 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 打 | dá | - (loanword) dozen - Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 | dǎ | - to beat - to strike - to hit - to break - to type - to mix up - to build - to fight - to fetch - to make - to tie up - to issue - to shoot - to calculate - to play (a game) - since - from |
| 退 | tuì | - to retreat; to withdraw - to reject; to return (sth) - to decline |
| 堂 | táng | - (main) hall - large room for a specific purpose - CL:間|间[jian1] - relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family - of the same clan - classifier for classes, lectures etc - classifier for sets of furniture |
| 鼓 | gǔ | - drum - CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] - to drum - to strike - to rouse - to bulge - to swell |
| 鼓 | gǔ | - old variant of 鼓[gu3] |
Other Words Containing 打退堂鼓
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 打退堂鼓 | - | - | 23,608 | 61,274 | 62,721 |