知难而退 (zhī nán ér tuì) | Meaning: (lit.) to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck听天由命tīng tiān yóu mìng

(lit.) to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom) · (fig.) to be deterred望而却步wàng ér què bù

negative · passive · inactive消极xiāo jí

lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) · fig. to give up · to turn tail打退堂鼓dǎ tuì táng gǔ

(lit.) to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) · (fig.) to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like