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Definition(s) for: 旗鼓相当

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
旗鼓相当 qí gǔ xiāng dāng - lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched
- roughly comparable (opponents)

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 28,006 44,210 59,386

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
旗 qí- banner
- flag
- (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2])
- administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county
- CL:面[mian4]
旗 qí- flag
- variant of 旗[qi2]
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]
相 xiāng- surname Xiang
相 xiāng- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
相 xiàng- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
当 dāng- (onom.) dong
- ding dong (bell)
当 dāng- to be
- to act as
- manage
- withstand
- when
- during
- ought
- should
- match equally
- equal
- same
- obstruct
- just at (a time or place)
- on the spot
- right
- just at
当 dàng- at or in the very same...
- suitable
- adequate
- fitting
- proper
- to replace
- to regard as
- to think
- to pawn
- (coll.) to fail (a student)

Other Words Containing 旗鼓相当

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
旗鼓相当 - - 28,006 44,210 59,386