走为上 (走為上) zǒuwèishàng
zǒuwèishàng
proper noun
If everything else fails, retreat.
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: See also 三十六计，走为上策 (CC-CEDICT '走為上')
Contained in
- 三十六计，走为上策(三十六計，走為上策) Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is best.
- 三十六着，走为上着(三十六著，走為上著) of the thirty six plans, fleeing is the best plan
- 走为上策(走為上策) a plan if all else fails; a plan for retreat
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第十八回 Chapter 18 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第五回 Chapter 5 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 卷一百八十二 列傳第一百三十二: 王重榮 王處存 諸葛爽 高駢 時溥 朱瑄 Volume 182 Biographies 132: Wang Zhongrong, Wang Chucun, Zhu Geshuang, Gao Pian, Shi Pu, Zhu Xuan Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 走为上计 (走為上計) 走為上計也 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百八十二 列傳第一百三十二: 王重榮 王處存 諸葛爽 高駢 時溥 朱瑄 Volume 182 Biographies 132: Wang Zhongrong, Wang Chucun, Zhu Geshuang, Gao Pian, Shi Pu, Zhu Xuan — count: 5