树倒猢狲散

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 树倒猢狲散

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

scattered

to scatter

tree

monkey

macaque

(monkey)