旗鼓相当
Traditional form:
旗鼓相當
Pinyin (reading):
qígǔxiāngdāng
Definitions:
- lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched
- roughly comparable (opponents)
Characters:
- 旗 - banner, flag, streamer
- 鼓 - drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
- 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
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