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临阵脱逃
Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
临阵退缩 (臨陣退縮) lín​zhèn​tuì​suō
get cold feet
to shrink back as the time for battle or a critical challenge approaches; to lose one's nerve at the last moment

Frequency

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0.286 per million

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Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)