抱頭鼠竄 bào tóu shǔ cuàn

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

抱 bào
HSK 4
embrace, hold in arms, enfold
頭 tóu head; top; chief, first; boss
鼠 shǔ
HSK 5
rat, mouse; KangXi radical 208
竄 cuàn run away; revise, edit; expel