降旗
jiàng qí
Pinyin

Definition

降旗
 - 
jiàng qí
  1. to lower a flag
  2. to strike the colors

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下降
xià jiàng
  1. 1 to decline
  2. 2 to drop
  3. 3 to fall
  4. 4 to go down
  5. 5 to decrease
从天而降
cóng tiān ér jiàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to appear unexpectedly
  3. 3 to arise abruptly
  4. 4 out of the blue
  5. 5 to drop into one's lap
旗下
qí xià
  1. 1 under the banner of
降
jiàng
  1. 1 to drop
  2. 2 to fall
  3. 3 to come down
  4. 4 to descend
降低
jiàng dī
  1. 1 to reduce
  2. 2 to lower
  3. 3 to bring down
降温
jiàng wēn
  1. 1 to become cooler
  2. 2 to lower the temperature
  3. 3 cooling
  4. 4 (of interest, activity etc) to decline
降临
jiàng lín
  1. 1 to descend
  2. 2 to arrive
  3. 3 to come
升旗
shēng qí
  1. 1 to raise a flag
  2. 2 to hoist a flag
国旗
guó qí
  1. 1 flag (of a country)
  2. 2 CL:面[miàn]
彩旗
cǎi qí
  1. 1 colored flag
投降
tóu xiáng
  1. 1 to surrender
  2. 2 surrender
旗
qí
  1. 1 flag
  2. 2 variant of 旗[qí]
旗帜
qí zhì
  1. 1 ensign
  2. 2 flag
旗舰
qí jiàn
  1. 1 flagship
旗舰店
qí jiàn diàn
  1. 1 flagship (store)
旗号
qí hào
  1. 1 military banner
  2. 2 flag signal
  3. 3 (fig.) banner (i.e. false pretenses)
旗袍
qí páo
  1. 1 Chinese-style dress
  2. 2 cheongsam
升降
shēng jiàng
  1. 1 rising and falling
空降
kōng jiàng
  1. 1 to drop from the sky
  2. 2 (fig.) to appear out of nowhere
  3. 3 (attributive) airborne
红旗
Hóng qí
  1. 1 Red flag city district
  2. 2 Hongqi district of Xinxiang city 新鄉市|新乡市[Xīn xiāng shì], Henan

Idioms (14)

一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
别树一旗
bié shù yī qí
  1. 1 lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner
  2. 2 to stand out
  3. 3 to develop one's own school
  4. 4 to have attitude of one's own
喜从天降
xǐ cóng tiān jiàng
  1. 1 joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news
  2. 2 unlooked-for happy event
从天而降
cóng tiān ér jiàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to appear unexpectedly
  3. 3 to arise abruptly
  4. 4 out of the blue
  5. 5 to drop into one's lap
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
招降纳叛
zhāo xiáng nà pàn
  1. 1 to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
摇旗呐喊
yáo qí nà hǎn
  1. 1 to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom); to egg sb on
  2. 2 to give support to
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
  1. 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stop what one is doing
旗帜鲜明
qí zhì xiān míng
  1. 1 to show one's colors
  2. 2 to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
旗开得胜
qí kāi dé shèng
  1. 1 lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success
  2. 2 success in a single move
旗鼓相当
qí gǔ xiāng dāng
  1. 1 lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched
  2. 2 roughly comparable (opponents)
重整旗鼓
chóng zhěng qí gǔ
  1. 1 lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback
  2. 2 to prepare for new initiatives
  3. 3 to attempt a comeback
降龙伏虎
xiáng lóng fú hǔ
  1. 1 to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)

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