偃旗息鼓

Chinese

		to lie supine; to stop; to fall down	banner; flag	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath	convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat
trad. (偃旗息鼓)		偃	旗	息	鼓
simp. ^#(偃旗息鼓)		偃	旗	息	鼓
Literally: “to lower one's banners and muffle one's drums”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnqíxīgǔ, yǎnqíxígǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄍㄨˇ, ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧˊ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin² kei⁴ sik¹ gu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnqíxīgǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎncísigǔ
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-chʻi²-hsi¹-ku³
  - Yale: yǎn-chí-syī-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanchyishiguu
  - Palladius: яньцисигу (janʹcisigu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnqíxígǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧˊ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎncísígǔ
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-chʻi²-hsi²-ku³
  - Yale: yǎn-chí-syí-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanchyishyiguu
  - Palladius: яньцисигу (janʹcisigu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕi³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin² kei⁴ sik¹ gu²
  - Yale: yín kèih sīk gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin² kei⁴ sik⁷ gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin² kéi⁴ xig¹ gu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵ kʰei̯²¹ sɪk̚⁵ kuː³⁵/

Idiom

偃旗息鼓

(figuratively) to cease all activities

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