树倒猢狲散
shù dǎo hú sūn sàn
Pinyin

Definition

树倒猢狲散
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shù dǎo hú sūn sàn
  1. When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause
  2. Rats leave a sinking ship.

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

倒
dǎo
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to collapse
  3. 3 to lie horizontally
  4. 4 to overthrow
  5. 5 to fail
  6. 6 to go bankrupt
  7. 7 to change (trains or buses)
  8. 8 to move around
  9. 9 to resell at a profit
倒霉
dǎo méi
  1. 1 to have bad luck
  2. 2 to be out of luck
散
sàn
  1. 1 variant of 散[sàn]
一边倒
yī biān dǎo
  1. 1 to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side
  2. 2 to support unconditionally
不见不散
bù jiàn bù sàn
  1. 1 lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Be sure to wait!
  3. 3 See you there!
倒下
dǎo xià
  1. 1 to collapse
  2. 2 to topple over
倒地
dǎo dì
  1. 1 to fall to the ground
倒塌
dǎo tā
  1. 1 to collapse (of building)
  2. 2 to topple over
倒影
dào yǐng
  1. 1 inverted image
  2. 2 reversed image (e.g. upside down)
倒数
dào shǔ
  1. 1 to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)
  2. 2 to count down
  3. 3 from the bottom (lines on a page)
  4. 4 from the back (rows of seats)
倒映
dào yìng
  1. 1 to reflect (producing an inverted image)
倒流
dào liú
  1. 1 to flow backwards
  2. 2 reverse flow
倒立
dào lì
  1. 1 a handstand
  2. 2 to turn upside down
  3. 3 to stand on one's head
  4. 4 upside down
倒计时
dào jì shí
  1. 1 to count down
  2. 2 countdown
倒贴
dào tiē
  1. 1 to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
倒车
dǎo chē
  1. 1 to change buses, trains etc
倒退
dào tuì
  1. 1 to fall back
  2. 2 to go in reverse
倒闭
dǎo bì
  1. 1 to go bankrupt
  2. 2 to close down
倒头
dǎo tóu
  1. 1 to lie down
  2. 2 to die
倒腾
dǎo teng
  1. 1 to move
  2. 2 to shift
  3. 3 to exchange
  4. 4 to buy and sell
  5. 5 peddling

Idioms (20)

一哄而散
yī hōng ér sàn
  1. 1 to disperse in confusion (idiom)
一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn
  1. 1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
  2. 2 to separate
一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
  1. 1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
  2. 2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
不见不散
bù jiàn bù sàn
  1. 1 lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Be sure to wait!
  3. 3 See you there!
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to head off in various directions
  3. 3 to flee helter-skelter
倒悬之危
dào xuán zhī wēi
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒悬之急
dào xuán zhī jí
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
  1. 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒打一耙
dào dǎ yī pá
  1. 1 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
  2. 2 to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
  1. 1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
天下没有不散的筵席
tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí
  1. 1 all good things must come to an end (idiom)
好心倒做了驴肝肺
hǎo xīn dào zuò le lu:2 gān fēi
  1. 1 lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent
好聚好散
hǎo jù hǎo sàn
  1. 1 to part without hard feelings (idiom)
  2. 2 to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
如鸟兽散
rú niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 to flee in all directions
妻离子散
qī lí zǐ sàn
  1. 1 a family wrenched apart (idiom)
投机倒把
tóu jī dǎo bǎ
  1. 1 speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation
披头散发
pī tóu sàn fà
  1. 1 with dishevelled hair (idiom)
  2. 2 with one's hair down
排山倒海
pái shān dǎo hǎi
  1. 1 lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 fig. gigantic
  3. 3 of spectacular significance

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