望风披靡 (wàng fēng pī mǐ) | Meaning: flee pell-mell (or helter-skelter) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to flee at the mere sight of (idiom)望风而逃wàng fēng ér táo

to collapse on the first encounter · to give way at once一触即溃yī chù jí kuì

to suffer a crushing defeat惨败cǎn bài

lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) · fig. to suffer a crushing defeat一败涂地yī bài tú dì

flee pell-mell (or helter-skelter)