旗鼓相当

Traditional: 旗鼓相當

qí gǔ xiāng dāng

Dictionary entry

lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched

What does 旗鼓相当 mean?

旗鼓相当 (qí gǔ xiāng dāng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched

2roughly comparable (opponents)

Character breakdown

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旗qíflag · variant of 旗[qi2]鼓gǔold variant of 鼓[gu3]相Xiāngsurname Xiang 当dāng(onom.) dong · ding dong (bell)

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旗鼓相当

qí gǔ xiāng dāng

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