旗鼓相當 qí gǔ xiāng dāng

roughly comparable (opponents)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

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
當 dāng
to be; to act as; should