聞風先遁
wén​fēng​xiān​dùn

to flee upon hearing news

  • created sense approved 闻风先遁/聞風先遁 · wén​fēng​xiān​dùn · to flee upon hearing news — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    闻风先遁 / 聞風先遁

    wén​fēng​xiān​dùn

    to flee upon hearing news

    to flee immediately at the first sign of trouble or upon hearing news of something happening

    闻风 (literal) → 闻风/聞風 · wén​fēng · to get wind of something 先 (literal) → 先 · xiān · first 遁 (literal) → 遁 · dùn · to flee

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

    created sense