WordTaiwan frequency #25,472
打退堂鼓
ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄤˊ ㄍㄨˇ
“to back out; to give up halfway; to withdraw from a undertaking”
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打
ㄉㄚˇ
To hit, strike, beat, or fight; to attack; to make a phone call or perform an action with an object; to inject; to remove; to emit; to make involuntary movements.
退
ㄊㄨㄟˋ
to move backward; to retreat or withdraw; to step back; to decline or reject; to resign from a position; to cancel or revoke
堂
ㄊㄤˊ
A large room or hall; a government office or ancestral hall; a specific room for a purpose; a term for paternal cousins; classifier for sets or lessons.
鼓
ㄍㄨˇ
A drum; to beat a drum; to strike; to rouse or inspire; to bulge or swell.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 鼓勵ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋto encourage; to motivate; to give support or confidence to someone
- 打造ㄉㄚˇ ㄗㄠˋto forge metal; to create or build something with effort; to develop or shape through deliberate work
- 退休ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡto leave one's job permanently due to age, years of service, or personal choice; to stop working and live on a pension or savings
- 打開ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄞto open; to turn on; to unfold; to reveal; to break a deadlock
- 打算ㄉㄚˇ ㄙㄨㄢˋto plan; to intend; to have in mind; to calculate; a plan; an intention; a calculation
- 打電話ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋto make a telephone call; to call someone on the phone; to ring someone up
- 打擊ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧˊto hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on; a blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music); in baseball, a batter's swing or hit
- 打破ㄉㄚˇ ㄆㄛˋto break; to smash; to shatter; to crack; to breach; to surpass (a record); to break through
- 教堂ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄤˊchurch; chapel; a building for Christian worship and religious services.
- 退出ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄨto withdraw; to quit; to log out (computing); to leave a place; to exit
- 安打ㄢ ㄉㄚˇbase hit in baseball; a hit allowing the batter to reach base safely
- 打出ㄉㄚˇ ㄔㄨto type out; to print out; to produce by striking; to call out (a person on the phone)