逃之夭夭 meaning in English
to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime); to show a clean pair of heels
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Meaning of 逃之夭夭
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
táozhīyāoyāo
- to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime)
- to show a clean pair of heels
逃之夭夭 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
他看到了警察，就逃之夭夭了。
As soon as he saw the policeman, he ran for it.
他一嗅到风声不对，就逃之夭夭了。
Sensing danger, he ran away.
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逃 táo · to escape · 9 strokes
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之 zhī · possessive particle · 3 strokes
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夭 yāo · young · 4 strokes
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夭 yāo · young · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 逃之夭夭.
| 之前 | zhīqián | before; prior to |
| 之后 | zhīhòu | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 之间 | zhījiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressi |
| 之一 | zhīyī | one of (sth); one out of a multitude |
| 总之 | zǒngzhī | in a word; in short |
| 分之 | fēn zhī | (indicating a fraction) |
| 逃跑 | táopǎo | to flee from sth; to run away |
| 之中 | zhīzhōng | inside; among |
| 逃走 | táozǒu | to escape; to flee |
| 之外 | zhīwài | outside; excluding |
| 之内 | zhīnèi | inside; within |
| 之下 | zhīxià | under; beneath |
Questions about 逃之夭夭
What does 逃之夭夭 mean?
逃之夭夭 (táozhīyāoyāo) means "to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime); to show a clean pair of heels".
How do you write 逃之夭夭?
逃之夭夭 is made of 4 characters: 逃 (9 strokes), 之 (3 strokes), 夭 (4 strokes), 夭 (4 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.