临阵退缩

临
臨
阵
陣
退
退
缩
縮
to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom) / to get cold feet

Characters and words in 临阵退缩

临
臨
lín = li + (e)n2
to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before
临 = 刂 + 大 + 囗 + 丨 : In the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), the robot (大) oversees (临) his army by standing on a huge wooden box (囗). The box is only able to carry his weight because it has been reinforced using a dinosaur bone (丨) acting as a pillar. Just as the robot is about to (临) wave his kitchen knife (刂) into the direction his troops should charge, Li Qingzhao (li) shows up and kicks away the dinosaur bone, causing the robot to fall off his box.
临
臨
阵
陣
just before the battle / to approach the front line
阵
陣
zhèn = zh + (e)n4
disposition of troops / wave / spate / burst / spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration
阵 = 车 + 阝 : James II of England (zh) and the pope (阝) were supposed to be in the army's very first attack wave (阵) driving a red cabriolet (车), but somehow they got lost and ended up in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4).
退
tuì = tu + ei4
to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw
退 = 艮 + 辶 : Tommy Turtle (tu) recently retired (退) and retreated (退) into the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). There he just wears gladiator sandals (辶), blows chewing gum bubbles (艮) and ponders the sense of life.
退
tuì = tu + ei4
to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline
退
退
缩
縮
to shrink back / to cower
缩
縮
suo̅ = su + o1
to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]
缩 = 宿 + 纟 : The silk worm (纟) heard that there is a new hostel (宿) in front of the observatory (o1) and wants to check it out, but as she notices that the hostel is run by Susan Saint Bernard she slowly but steadily retreats (缩).

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