旗鼓相当 qí gǔ xiāng dāng

roughly comparable (opponents)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 28084th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
旗 qí HSK 6
flag; banner
鼓 gǔ HSK 4
drum; to drum; to strike
相 xiāng HSK 3
each other; one another; mutually
当 dāng HSK 3
to be; to act as; should