flee at the mere sight of the oncoming force

flee at the mere sight of the oncoming force

Escape from the wind, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w à NGF à ng é Rd à n, which means to escape when you see the enemy's trace or powerful momentum from a distance. From Taiping Guangji.

The origin of Idioms

Taiping Guangji volume 190 quoted song sun Guangxian's BEIMENG Suoyan: "before the military chariot was appointed, it was first written on silk, and then on the military number, there was still a symbol, which was handed over to the post office to express the voice of the strong army. The chieftain punished the failure of Jiaozhi and ran away

Idiom usage

To escape in the hope of the wind. This day is less than ten miles away from Fancheng. It's early sunset. There's a horseman on the other side. Wei xiuren's the trace of the moon in Qing Dynasty chapter 45

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: run away from the wind, walk away from the wind