| 金蝉脱壳 |
jīn chán tuō qiào |
lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan |
| 金 |
Jīn |
surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234) |
| 金 |
jīn |
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 |
| 金蝉 |
Jīn chán |
Golden Cicada |
| 蝉 |
chán |
cicada |
| 脱 |
tuō |
to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from |
| 脱壳 |
tuō ké |
to break out of an eggshell / to molt / to remove the husk / to shell |
| 壳 |
qiào |
variant of 壳 |
| 壳 |
ké |
(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case; casing; housing (of a machine or device) |
| 壳 |
qiào |
(bound form) shell / Taiwan pr. [ke2] |