run away at the rumor of the approach of(wàng fēng ér táo)

run away at the rumor of the approach of

In Chinese, Pinyin is w à NGF à ng é RT á o, which means to run away when you see the opponent's momentum from a distance. From Zizhitongjian · Liangji · the fourth year of Emperor Wudi's Tianjian.

The origin of Idioms

In Zizhitongjian · Liangji · the fourth year of Emperor Wudi's Tianjian: "yuanzao is a close relative of Xiao Yan, and he will die without reason. If he conquers Fucheng, yuanzao will sit in the city and be trapped, and he will go away."

Idiom usage

It's more formal; it's predicate and attribute; it's derogatory. In Ru, Ying, Guang, Huang and other places, there were local bandits, Wang Shan, who made trouble, gathered 500000 troops, looted children's and women's jade and silk, killed people and set fire to them. They were very rampant, and the officers and soldiers fled. The 19th chapter of Chen Chen's "the Water Margin" in the Qing Dynasty and the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty: "Cao Cao, with millions of people, hears my name and runs away. Now who dare you not surrender?" Liang Chenyu, Ming Dynasty, wrote in the story of Huansha battle: "he was killed once and for all. He fled and crossed the river." Guo Moruo's "collection of Yu Shu · the necessity of arming the people" said: "in peacetime, you can bully the people and kill them; in wartime, you can either run away from the wind or change into a traitor."

Chinese PinYin : wàng fēng ér táo