wàng
fēng

idiom
common

Meaning of 望风披靡

望风披靡 means to flee pell-mell at the sight of the enemy; to collapse without a fight; to scatter before the wind. Pronounced wàng fēng pī mǐ.

  • to flee pell-mell at the sight of the enemy; to collapse without a fight; to scatter before the wind

Definitions & Examples

jūn
suǒ
dào
zhī
chù
 
rén
wàng
fēng
 
zhàn
ér
jiàng
 

Wherever our army went, the enemy fled pell-mell and surrendered without a fight.

Zhè
zhī
qiú
duì
shí
tài
qiáng
 
duì
shǒu
wǎng
wǎng
wàng
fēng
 
háo
huán
shǒu
zhī
 

This team is so strong that opponents usually collapse at the sight of them, completely unable to fight back.

Dāng
nián
de
míng
shēng
xiǎng
 
xiǎo
hùn
hùn
men
wàng
fēng
 
sàn
ér
táo
 

Back then his reputation was so formidable that hooligans would scatter before the wind and flee in all directions.

Zhè
jiā
gōng
píng
jiè
jià
yōu
shì
 
ràng
jìng
zhēng
duì
shǒu
wàng
fēng
 
fēn
fēn
tuì退
chū
shì
chǎng
 

With its price advantages, this company caused competitors to collapse without a fight and withdraw from the market one after another.