棄甲曳兵
qì​jiǎ​yè​bīng

to flee pell-mell

  • created sense approved 弃甲曳兵/棄甲曳兵 · qì​jiǎ​yè​bīng · to flee pell-mell — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    弃甲曳兵 / 棄甲曳兵

    qì​jiǎ​yè​bīng

    to flee pell-mell

    to throw away armor and trail weapons behind; describes fleeing in panic after a crushing defeat

    qì​jiǎ​yì​bīng

    弃 (literal) → 弃/棄 · qì · to abandon 甲 (literal) → 甲 · jiǎ · armor 曳 (literal) → 曳 · yè · to drag 兵 (literal) → 兵 · bīng · weapons

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

    created sense