抱頭鼠躥 bào tóu shǔ cuān

flee in panic; run away in shame

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
  2. 2. also written 抱頭鼠竄bào tóu shǔ cuàn

Characters

Character Meaning
抱 bào HSK 4
to hug; to hold; to carry (in one's arms)
頭 tóu
head; the top; end
鼠 shǔ HSK 5
mouse; rat
躥 cuān
to leap up; to spurt out; (coll.) to gush out