全身而退
quán​shēn'ér​tuì

to escape unscathed

  • created sense approved 全身而退 · quán​shēn'ér​tuì · to escape unscathed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    全身而退

    quán​shēn'ér​tuì

    to escape unscathed

    to escape without injury or loss; to get through a situation in one piece

    全身 (literal) → 全身 · quán​shēn · to preserve one's life 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 退 (literal) → 退 · tuì · to retreat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense