望风而逃
wàng​fēng'ér​táo

to flee at the sight of

  • created sense approved 望风而逃/望風而逃 · wàng​fēng'ér​táo · to flee at the sight of — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    望风而逃 / 望風而逃

    wàng​fēng'ér​táo

    to flee at the sight of

    to run away as soon as one catches a glimpse of the enemy or senses their momentum; to flee in panic at the mere sight of an opponent

    望风 (literal) → 望风/望風 · wàng​fēng · to hear word of 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [resultative linker] 逃 (literal) → 逃 · táo · to escape

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

    created sense