基本解释
拼音:wò qí xī gǔ
注音:ㄨㄛˋㄑㄧˊㄒㄧㄍㄨˇ
解释:放倒旗子,停止敲鼓。原指行军时隐蔽行踪,不让敌人觉察。现比喻事情终止或声势减弱。
出处:《三国志·蜀书·赵云传》裴松之注引《蜀记》:“亮意气自若,敕军中皆卧旗息鼓,不得妄出菴幔,又令大开四城门,埽地卻洒。”
英语:cease all activities
单字解释:
卧
旗
息
鼓
英语解释
Put down the flag and stop beating the drum. It originally refers to concealing the whereabouts of the enemy during the March. Now it means that the matter ends or the momentum weakens.