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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
    了十年,最终还是被警方缉拿归案了。
    你要想从他的魔掌下出去,比登天还难。
  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 败阵
不出人民的法网
be unable to escape the net of justice spread by the people 法网
敌军弃城而
The enemy abandoned the city and fled.
从监狱里出去
escape from prison
敌军望风而
The enemy fled pell-mell (or helter-skelter) before our army. 望风而逃
越墙而
escape by climbing over the wall
秦军吃了个大败仗,士兵们落荒而 败仗
主帅败阵而,士兵也都乱了阵脚。 败阵
守城主帅在敌兵压城时弃城而,城池不攻自破。 不攻自破
遭遇败绩,他们只得弃甲曳兵,落荒而 弃甲曳兵

Character Decomposition


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[zhào]

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