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抱头鼠窜

bào tóu shǔ cuàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom) / to flee ignominiously
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-c492745a08b15d44. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

抱頭鼠竄 抱头鼠窜 [bao4 tou2 shu3 cuan4] /to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously/

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Other forms in these source records: 抱頭鼠竄

  • 抱
    bào

    to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

  • 鼠
    shǔ

    (bound form) rat / mouse

  • 窜
    cuàn

    to flee / to scuttle / to exile or banish / to amend or edit

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.