Read Edit View history 临阵脱逃 línzhèntuōtáo to desert Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 临阵脱逃 臨陣脫逃 línzhèntuōtáo to desert to flee from the battlefield just before the fight starts; used as an idiom to describe getting cold feet or shrinking back when faced with a critical moment or dangerous situation Frequency Written text 0.286 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
临阵脱逃 臨陣脫逃 línzhèntuōtáo to desert to flee from the battlefield just before the fight starts; used as an idiom to describe getting cold feet or shrinking back when faced with a critical moment or dangerous situation Frequency Written text 0.286 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)