金蝉脱壳

jīnchántuōqiào

slip out of a predicament like a cicada sloughing its skin; escape by cunning manoeuvring

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escape by crafty scheme

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escape by crafty scheme

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jin1 chan2 tuo1 qiao4

lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell, a crafty escape plan

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金蝉脱壳

jīn chán tuō qiào

a cicada casting off its skin -- to do a quick change; a cicada leaving behind its cast-off part in molting; a cicada sloughing off its skin -- an escape by strategy; a disappearance act from an entangled situation; a scheme to get away; escape by cunning maneuvering; escape like a cicada casting off its skin; escape secretly; give the slip; make good one's escape (in ensuing confusion); slip away by casting off one's cloak; slip away in the ensuing chaos; slip out of a predicament like a cicada sloughing its skin; stratagem for slinking off

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金蟬脫殼|金蝉脱壳 [jīn chán tuō qiào] ► lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell ► a crafty escape plan