丢盔弃甲 — Chinese idiom
丢盔弃甲
diū kuī qì jiǎ
Traditional: 丟盔棄甲
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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