金蝉脱壳
Traditional form:
金蟬脫殼
Pinyin (reading):
jīnchántuōqiào
Definitions:
- lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
- a crafty escape plan
Characters:
- 金 - gold, metal; money
- 蝉 - cicada; continuous
- 脱 - to take off, to shed; to escape from
- 壳 - casing, husk, shell
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