偃旗息鼓 meaning in English
lower one's banners and muffle one's drums; cease fire; cease all activities; cover the flag and stop beating the drum -- on a secret expedition; furl all the banners and silence all the drums; roll up the flags and silence the drums.; stop all activities and lie low; stop an affair; the drums ceased to beat and the banners were lowered to the ground.; the ensigns and weapons were discarded and no drums beat
Examples
- The major's persevering benevolence was not to be balked in this way .
少校的仁慈是坚决的，它不会因此就偃旗息鼓。 - However , most of celebrity blog closed directly or indirectly in another half of year
然而来得快去得也快，不到半年又都纷纷偃旗息鼓，大多以直接或间接的方式关闭了博客。 - The birth of a boy , who will be third in line after his uncle and his father , is likely to dampen debate on letting women
而他的出生也终于可以让有关“女性继承王位”的争论偃旗息鼓。 - The couple married in a small civil ceremony in windsor , ending years of gossip about a relationship of more than 30 years
两人在温莎举行了一个“平民婚礼” ，结为连理。至此，关于他们长达30多年恋情的流言蜚语也终于偃旗息鼓。 - They did their utmost to run the company , but at last , they had to cease all activities because of lack of funds and technical manpower
公司建立后，他们苦心经营、举步维艰，终因迈不出资金短缺，技术人才匮乏这两道坎而偃旗息鼓。