Abandon the enemy

Abandon the enemy

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ì Ji ǎ D ǎ og ē, meaning to put down arms and admit defeat. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Drop the armor, drop the weapon. It means defeat. Reverse: reverse, reverse; abandon: abandon. It's like putting down your arms and giving up.

The origin of Idioms

The 46th chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms written by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty: "if it can't be broken this month, we can only abandon the enemy and fall to the north according to Zhang Zibu's words."

Idiom usage

In Xue Fucheng's notes on Yong an · Shuyi · Xushu come true in Qing Dynasty: "in a moment, the thieves abandoned their weapons and went north."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: lose armor, lose armor, lose crossbow