金蟬脫殼

Chinese
golden cicada; pupa of Cryptotympana atrata to cast the shell; ecdysis; shedding of shell
trad. (金蟬脫殼/金蟬脱殼) 金蟬 脫殼/脱殼
simp. (金蝉脱壳) 金蝉 脱壳
variant forms 脫殼金蟬／脱壳金蝉
Literally: “like a cicada coming out of its shed skin”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jīnchántuōqiào, jīnchántuōké
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄠˋ, ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄎㄜˊ

Idiom

金蟬脫殼

  1. to be able to escape from a (normally sticky) situation without other pertinent parties noticing it
    Antonyms: 老樹盤根／老树盘根
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