抱頭鼠躥 bào tóu shǔ cuān

DEFINITIONS

  1. to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
  2. also written 抱頭鼠竄|抱头鼠窜

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
躥 cuān leap; to jump; to spurt out