lower one 's banners and muffle one 's drums

lower one 's banners and muffle one 's drums

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is y ǎ NQ í P ú g ǔ, which originally refers to hiding one's whereabouts from the enemy when marching; now it refers to the end of things or the weakening of momentum; the same as "stop fighting". It's from the book of power legal system.

The origin of Idioms

Su Xun of Song Dynasty wrote in the book of power · legal system: "if the flag is down and the drum is down, if it's quiet and lifeless, the soldiers should be strict, and those who dare to fight will be killed."

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate, attributive and object; it can be used as metaphor to stop fighting, etc.