汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
偃旗息鼓
lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease / to give in
偃 Lie on your back, stretched to fall / Lower the flag and stop beating the drums / Originally refers to the concealed whereabouts when marching, not let the enemy notice / Now it is a metaphor for things to stop or weaken
停止 下马 终止 平息 止住 停歇 停息 休止 打住 止息 煞住
大张旗鼓 迎风招展 卷土重来 大动干戈 重整旗鼓 兴师动众 轰轰烈烈
放倒军旗，停止击鼓，指隐秘军事行动或停止战斗云入营，更大开门，偃旗息鼓，公军疑云有伏兵｜敌人闻声早就偃旗息鼓，逃得无影无踪。也比喻停止做某事面对纷纷的指责和抗议，他们只能偃旗息鼓。
偃 yǎn 旗 qí 息 xī 鼓 gǔ
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

媒体的穷追猛打毫无偃旗息鼓的迹象。

The media scrutiny shows no sign of letting up.

快乐还意味着接受自己的情感、体验人生的跌宕起伏、学会呼吸并让事情偃旗息鼓。

Joy also means accepting your human emotions, experiencing the ups and downs of life, while learning to breathe and let things pass in their own time.

如出口支持者能够政见得施，自由贸易必大行其道，重贸者必势如破竹，而保护主义者则偃旗息鼓。

If the export lobby gets its way, freer trade will follow, further strengthening the mercantilists at the expense of the protectionists.

至于今晚偃旗息鼓的一役，我坚信父亲说过的一句话：不论败得多惨，失利跟胜利一样，涤荡心灵，光耀千秋。

As for the battle that ends tonight? I do believe as my father once said? That on matter how hard the loss? Defeat might serve as well as victory to shape the soul and let the glory out.

重要的是，菲茨杰拉德选择了敲锣打鼓地为他的出场大造声势，却在介绍时偃旗息鼓般地悄声低语。

Significantly, Fitzgerald opts to trumpet his presence with a lavish fanfare and then introduces him with barely a murmur.

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