Daily Chinese Idiom May 26, 2023
打退堂鼓
dǎ tuì táng gǔ
Lit. to beat the return drum; fig. to give up
Traditional:
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在遭遇强大抵抗后，他们打退堂鼓，放弃了原先的计划。
Faced with strong resistance, they beat the retreat drum and abandoned their original plan.
