Usage of the character 躲

to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)

duǒqióng

躲穷

[躲窮]

to take refuge with a rich relative

duǒnàn

躲难

[躲難]

to take refuge
to seek refuge from disaster

duǒmāomāo

躲猫猫

[躲貓貓]

hide-and-seek (game)
peekaboo (game)

duǒqīngxián

躲清闲

[躲清閑]

to avoid external disturbance in order to idle

duǒbuqǐ

躲不起

[躲不起]

can't avoid
can't hide from
unavoidable

duǒbìqiú

躲避球

[躲避球]

dodgeball

duǒduǒcángcáng

躲躲藏藏

[躲躲藏藏]

to be in hiding

duǒduǒshǎnshǎn

躲躲闪闪

[躲躲閃閃]

to evade
to dodge (out of the way)

dōngduǒxīshǎn

东躲西闪

[東躲西閃]

to dodge about

míngqiāngyìduǒ,ànjiànnánfáng

明枪易躲，暗箭难防

[明槍易躲，暗箭難防]

lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies

míngqiānghǎoduǒ,ànjiànnánfáng

明枪好躲，暗箭难防

[明槍好躲，暗箭難防]

lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies

duǒguòchūyī,duǒbùguòshíwǔ

躲过初一，躲不过十五

[躲過初一，躲不過十五]

see 躲得過初一，躲不過十五／躲得过初一，躲不过十五 (duǒdeguòchūyī,duǒbùguòshíwǔ)

duǒdeguòchūyī,duǒbùguòshíwǔ

躲得过初一，躲不过十五

[躲得過初一，躲不過十五]

lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)
fig. you can't put it off forever
sooner or later you'll have to deal with it