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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[táo]
  1. 1. verb [逃跑] run away
  2. 2. verb [逃避] flee

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[táo]
  1. 1. verb run away; escape; flee
    从监狱里出去
    escape from prison
    出虎口
    flee from the jaws of death
  2. 2. verb evade; dodge; shirk; escape
    dodge (or avoid) a creditor

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[táo]
  1. 1. 离;
    出虎口。
    命。
    犯。
  2. 2. 躲避
    什么事都不过他的眼睛。
    难(nàn)。
    税。
    债。

Examples

败阵而
lose the field and take to flight
不出人民的法网
be unable to escape the net of justice spread by the people
敌军弃城而
The enemy abandoned the city and fled.
敌军望风而
The enemy fled pell-mell (or helter-skelter) before our army.
越墙而
escape by climbing over the wall
警察一声喝斥,吓得犯罪分子落荒而
The criminals fled in panic after the shout of the police.
这五万貔貅之师将十万敌军打得落荒而
The enemy, with a hundred thousand soldiers, were defeated by the brave troops, with only fifty thousand soldiers, and fled the battlefield.
见到我军主力,敌人亡魂丧胆,落荒而
Seeing the main force of our army, the enemies were terror-stricken and fled.
奸细所有的伪饰都不过他锐利的眼睛。
All the camouflage of the spies can't escape his sharp eyes.

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nciku Video Note

[táo]

  • Scene:

    逃跑 / running away

  • Examples:

    逃离,逃亡,逃之夭夭

  • Description:

    逃 means to run away or to escape. It also means to dodge or to evade, e.g. 逃债.

Related video notes: 逃、窜

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