Characters
- 打 (打): dozen (loanword)
- 退 (退): to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
- 堂 (堂): (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture
- 鼓 (皷): old variant of 鼓[gu3]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 打退堂鼓
- MDBG: 打退堂鼓
- Examples with 打退堂鼓 on Tatoeba
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