逃之夭夭
Meanings
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- 1.to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime)
- 2.to show a clean pair of heels
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Wiktionary
- 1.to flee; to take to one's heels
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Etymology
A homophonic pun based on the following line from the Classic of Poetry, poem 6 (《詩經·周南·桃夭》), by replacing 桃 (táo, “peach”) with 逃 (táo, “to escape”)
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Example sentences
他一嗅到风声不对，就逃之夭夭了。
Sensing danger, he ran away.
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