闻风而逃
wén​fēng'ér​táo

to flee at the first hint of trouble

  • created sense approved 闻风而逃/聞風而逃 · wén​fēng'ér​táo · to flee at the first hint of trouble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    闻风而逃 / 聞風而逃

    wén​fēng'ér​táo

    to flee at the first hint of trouble

    To get wind of something and immediately flee in panic or fear; to run away as soon as one hears news of an approaching threat.

    闻风 (literal) → 闻风/聞風 · wén​fēng · to get wind of something 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 逃 (literal) → 逃 · táo · to escape

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

    created sense