







抛盔弃甲 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to flee in panic and disorder, abandoning equipment”. To be utterly routed and scatter after a defeat. Literally, “throw away helmets and abandon armor”.

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Open the tool →抛盔弃甲 (pāo kuī qì jiǎ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to flee in panic and disorder, abandoning equipment”.
抛盔弃甲 is pronounced pāo kuī qì jiǎ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 抛盔弃甲 means “throw away helmets and abandon armor”. It is used to mean “to flee in panic and disorder, abandoning equipment”.
盔:作战用的金属帽;甲:作战用的金属防护衣。形容吃了败仗狼狈逃跑的情形