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Home / Idiom / 弃甲曳兵

flee pell-mell · (of troops) throw away one's armor and trail the weapons · behind · drag weapons and abandon armor in a rout · be routed

弃甲曳兵
qì jiǎ yè bīng
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously抱头鼠窜bào tóu shǔ cuàn(idiom) to throw away one's helmet and armor while fleeing from defeat丢盔弃甲diū kuī qì jiǎto suffer a crushing defeat惨败cǎn bài(idiom) (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed溃不成军kuì bù chéng jūn
Antonyms
to win instant success (idiom)马到成功mǎ dào chéng gōng(idiom) to sweep everything before one; to be invincible所向披靡suǒ xiàng pī mǐ
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