弃甲曳兵 (qì jiǎ yè bīng) | Meaning: flee pell-mell | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously抱头鼠窜bào tóu shǔ cuàn

(idiom) to throw away one's helmet and armor while fleeing from defeat丢盔弃甲diū kuī qì jiǎ

to suffer a crushing defeat惨败cǎn bài

(idiom) (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed溃不成军kuì bù chéng jūn

flee pell-mell · (of troops) throw away one's armor and trail the weapons · behind · drag weapons and abandon armor in a rout · be routed