落荒而逃

Traditional form:

落荒而逃

Pinyin (reading):

luòhuāng'értáo

Definitions:

• to flee in defeat
• to bolt

Characters:

• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
• 荒 - wasteland, desert; uncultivated
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 逃 - to abscond, to dodge, to escape, to flee

Traditional characters:

• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
• 荒 - wasteland, desert; uncultivated
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 逃 - to abscond, to dodge, to escape, to flee