落荒而逃

Chinese

		to flee while staying off of the main roads and highways; to flee into the wilds	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to escape; to run away; to flee
trad. (落荒而逃)		落荒	而	逃
simp. #(落荒而逃)		落荒	而	逃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòhuāng'értáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄤ ㄦˊ ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ fong¹ ji⁴ tou⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): loh⁸ huang¹ re⁵ do⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòhuāng'értáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄤ ㄦˊ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòhuang-értáo
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-huang¹-êrh²-tʻao²
    • Yale: lwò-hwāng-ér-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohhuangerltaur
    • Palladius: лохуанъэртао (loxuanʺertao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ fong¹ ji⁴ tou⁴
    • Yale: lohk fōng yìh tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ fong¹ ji⁴ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ fong¹ yi⁴ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹ tʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: loh⁸ huang¹ re⁵ do⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍h huang jṳ̂ tô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʔ⁴⁻² huaŋ³³⁻²³ d͡zɯ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ to⁵⁵/

Idiom

落荒而逃

1. to flee after being defeated

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 走甲裂褲跤／走甲裂裤跤