打退堂鼓 [－－－－]

Jyutping daa2 teoi3 tong4 gu2
Pinyin dǎ tuì táng gǔ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
  2. fig. to give up
  3. to turn tail
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    因為​驚​或者​困難​而​放棄​，​唔​再​做​一樣​嘢
    to back out; to retreat
    • 只係比賽咗一半啫，你咁快打退堂鼓認輸嗱？
      只系比赛咗一半啫，你咁快打退堂鼓认输嗱？
      zi2 hai6 bei2 coi3 zo2 jat1 bun3 ze1, nei5 gam3 faai3 daa2 teoi3 tong4 gu2 jing6 syu1 laa4?
      It's just half-time and you are already giving up?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, figuratively
    to beat a retreat; to give up halfway
  2. verb, historical
    to beat the drum before the magistrate withdraws from the court
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    只系比赛咗一半啫，你咁快打退堂鼓认输嗱？
    只係比賽咗一半啫，你咁快打退堂鼓認輸嗱？
    zi2 hai6 bei2 coi3 zo2 jat1 bun3 ze1, nei5 gam3 faai3 daa2 teoi3 tong4 gu2 jing6 syu1 laa4?
    • It's just half-time and you are already giving up?