We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「望風而靡」.
Learn about the idiom 「望風而靡」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
① Be submissive when seeing the opponent’s power. Describes the state of fear. ② Be overwhelmed and impressed by the other person at first sight. Describes the state of admiration. ③Describes the army’s lack of fighting spirit. Same as “invincible at the sight of the enemy”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wàng fēng ér mí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mong6 fung1 yi4 mei5
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