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树倒猢狲散

shù dǎo hú sūn sàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause
  2. 2. Rats leave a sinking ship.

Child Words of 树倒猢狲散

狲
sūn

(monkey)

散
sàn

to scatter

猢
hú

monkey

树
shù

tree

散
sǎn

scattered

猢狲
hú sūn

macaque

倒
dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

倒
dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back