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落荒而逃

Mandarin · pinyin luò huāng ér táo

to flee in defeat
to bolt

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落: luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
荒: huāng · wasteland, desert; uncultivated
而: ér · and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
逃: táo · escape, flee; abscond, dodge

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4–1–2–2 · luo4 huang1 er2 tao2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lok6 fong1 ji4 tou4

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(idiomatic) to flee after being defeated

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