Word information
Simplified丢盔弃甲
Traditional丟盔棄甲
Pinyindiū kuī qì jiǎ
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
丢盔弃甲
diū kuī qì jiǎ · (idiom) to throw away one's helmet and armor while fleeing from defeat
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 丢盔弃甲
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Related vocabulary
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
丢diū
to lose; to put aside; to throw
放弃fàngqìto renounce; to abandon; to give up
丢失diūshīto lose; to misplace
甲jiǎfirst of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
丢脸diūliǎnto lose face; humiliation
丢弃diūqìto discard; to abandon