落荒而逃
luò​huāng'ér​táo

to flee in defeat

  • created sense approved 落荒而逃 · luò​huāng'ér​táo · to flee in defeat — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    落荒而逃

    luò​huāng'ér​táo

    to flee in defeat

    To flee in panic along untraveled paths; to bolt or take flight after being defeated.

    落荒 (literal) → 落荒 · luò​huāng · to flee to the wild 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 逃 (literal) → 逃 · táo · to escape

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