| 抱头鼠蹿 |
bào tóu shǔ cuān |
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously / also written 抱头鼠窜 |
| 抱 |
bào |
to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely |
| 抱头 |
bào tóu |
to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection) |
| 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:个 |
| 头 |
tou |
suffix for nouns |
| 鼠 |
shǔ |
(bound form) rat; mouse |
| 蹿 |
cuān |
to leap up / (coll.) to gush out; to spurt out |