重整旗鼓 (chóng zhěng qí gǔ) — to rally one's forces after a defeat; to start over with renewed effort

Definition

Examples

• 虽然上次比赛输了，但他们决定重整旗鼓，明年再来。
  Suī rán shàng cì bǐ sài shū le, dàn tā men jué dìng chóng zhěng qí gǔ, míng nián zài lái.
  Although they lost the last competition, they decided to rally their forces and come back next year.
• 公司破产后，他重整旗鼓，创立了一家新企业。
  Gōng sī pò chǎn hòu, tā chóng zhěng qí gǔ, chuàng lì le yì jiā xīn qǐ yè.
  After the company went bankrupt, he regrouped and founded a new business.
• 失败并不可怕，重要的是能重整旗鼓，继续前进。
  Shī bài bìng bù kě pà, zhòng yào de shì néng chóng zhěng qí gǔ, jì xù qián jìn.
  Failure is not scary; what matters is being able to start over and keep moving forward.