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落荒而逃
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take to flight; flee in panic; run for life frantically; be defeated and flee the battlefield [literal] run away to the wilderness Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:落 lok6 laai6 - to fall荒 fong1 - shortage; desolate; neglect; famine; absurd 而 ji4 - and, also; but; otherwise 逃 tou4 - run away; dodge |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).