金蝉脱壳 — Chinese idiom
金蝉脱壳
jīn chán tuō qiào
Traditional: 金蟬脫殼
Meaning
- lit. the cicada sheds its carapace ; fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
- a crafty escape plan
Character by character
- 金jīngold, metal; money
- 蝉cháncicada; continuous
- 脱tuōto take off, to shed; to escape from
- 壳qiàocasing, husk, shell
Idioms sharing a character
- 一刻千金 yī kè qiān jīn
- 一字千金 yī zì qiān jīn
- 一掷千金 yī zhì qiān jīn
- 一言千金 yī yán qiān jīn
- 一诺千金 yī nuò qiān jīn
- 千金一掷 qiān jīn yī zhì
- 千金一诺 qiān jīn yī nuò
- 千金难买 qiān jīn nán mǎi
- 固若金汤 gù ruò jīn tāng
- 如金似玉 rú jīn sì yù
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