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抱头鼠蹿

bào tóu shǔ cuān

Definitions

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

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Child Words of 抱头鼠蹿

抱
bào

to carry (in one's arms)

头
tóu

head

鼠
shǔ

(bound form) rat; mouse

抱头
bào tóu

to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced

蹿
cuān

to leap up