抱头鼠窜

Traditional: 抱頭鼠竄

bào tóu shǔ cuàn

Dictionary entry

to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously

What does 抱头鼠窜 mean?

抱头鼠窜 (bào tóu shǔ cuàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously

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抱bàoto hold · to carry (in one's arms)头tóuhead · hair style 鼠shǔ(bound form) rat; mouse 窜cuànto flee · to scuttle

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抱头鼠窜

bào tóu shǔ cuàn

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