丢盔弃甲 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to throw away one's helmet and armor while fleeing from defeat

Character by character

• 丢diūto lose; to discard
• 盔kuīhelmet; bowl, basin
• 弃qìto abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to f
• 甲jiǎarmor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem

Idioms sharing a character

• 丢轮扯炮 diū lún chě pào
• 灰不溜丢 huī bu liū diū
• 不离不弃 bù lí bù qì
• 偶语弃市 ǒu yǔ qì shì
• 前功尽弃 qián gōng jìn qì
• 弃恶从善 qì è cóng shàn
• 弃约背盟 qì yuē bèi méng
• 弃农经商 qì nóng jīng shāng
• 背信弃义 bèi xìn qì yì
• 富甲一方 fù jiǎ yī fāng

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