逃跑 táo pǎo to flee from sth / to run away / to escape syn 逃走 táo zǒu to escape / to flee / to run away syn 逃避 táo bì to escape / to evade / to avoid / to shirk syn 逃脱 逃脫 táo tuō to run away / to escape syn 逃离 逃離 táo lí to run out / to escape syn 麻醉 má zuì anesthesia / to anesthetize / (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind) / to enervate / to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality) syn 脱身 脫身 tuō shēn to get away / to escape (from obligations) / to free oneself / to disengage syn 逃逸 táo yì to escape / to run away / to abscond syn 逃命 táo mìng to escape / to flee / to run for one's life syn 贫困 貧困 pín kùn impoverished / poverty syn 难免 難免 nán miǎn hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably syn 远走高飞 遠走高飛 yuǎn zǒu gāo fēi to go far / to escape to faraway places syn 沦落 淪落 lún luò to degenerate / impoverished / to fall (into poverty) / to be reduced (to begging) syn 脱逃 脫逃 tuō táo to run away / to escape syn 穷困 窮困 qióng kùn destitute / wretched poverty syn 死里逃生 死裡逃生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth syn 逃之夭夭 táo zhī yāo yāo to escape without trace (idiom) / to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels syn 穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond syn 后路 後路 hòu lù escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver syn 窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn 寒酸 hán suān wretched / poverty-stricken / unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc) syn 贫苦 貧苦 pín kǔ poverty-stricken / poor syn 饥寒交迫 飢寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty syn 脱出 脫出 tuō chū to break away / to extricate / to escape / to leave the confines of syn 贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor / poverty-stricken / impoverished syn 九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life syn 金蝉脱壳 金蟬脫殼 jīn chán tuō qiào lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom) / fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan syn 赤贫 赤貧 chì pín poverty-stricken syn 插翅难飞 插翅難飛 chā chì nán fēi lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom) / fig. impossible to escape syn 困顿 困頓 kùn dùn fatigued / exhausted / poverty-stricken / in straitened circumstances syn 天网恢恢 天網恢恢 tiān wǎng huī huī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law syn 哭穷 哭窮 kū qióng to bewail one's poverty / to complain about being hard up / to pretend to be poor 逃遁 táo dùn to escape / to disappear syn 转义 轉義 zhuǎn yì (linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape 扶贫 扶貧 fú pín assistance to the poor / poverty alleviation syn 好险 好險 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call / to have a narrow escape 脱贫 脫貧 tuō pín to lift oneself out of poverty 脱贫致富 脫貧致富 tuō pín zhì fù to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom) / poverty alleviation syn 出险 出險 chū xiǎn to get out of trouble / to escape from danger / a danger appears / threatened by danger syn 短板 duǎn bǎn short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape) / (fig.) shortcoming / weak point 走避 zǒu bì to run away / to escape / to avoid 难辞其咎 難辭其咎 nán cí qí jiù cannot escape censure (idiom) / has to bear the blame 间不容发 間不容髮 jiān bù róng fà (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom) / in a critical state / on the brink of crisis / very close (to happening) / Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3] syn 糟糠 zāo kāng chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband syn 逃荒 táo huāng to escape from a famine / to get away from a famine-stricken region 避寒 bì hán to escape the cold by going on a winter holiday 跑 pǎo to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off syn 脱 脫 tuō to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from syn 逃 táo to escape / to run away / to flee syn 溜 liū to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate syn 免 miǎn to excuse sb / to exempt / to remove or dismiss from office / to avoid / to avert / to escape / to be prohibited syn 避 bì to avoid / to shun / to flee / to escape / to keep away from / to leave / to hide from syn 逸 yì to escape / leisurely / outstanding syn 大难不死 大難不死 dà nàn bù sǐ to just escape from calamity 食不果腹 shí bù guǒ fù lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 天幸 tiān xìng providential good luck / a narrow escape syn 出奔 chū bēn to flee / to escape into exile syn 逭 huàn to escape from syn 衣不蔽体 衣不蔽體 yī bù bì tǐ lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 疏而不漏 shū ér bù lòu loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]) / the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape 人穷志短 人窮志短 rén qióng zhì duǎn poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition 反裘负刍 反裘負芻 fǎn qiú fù chú lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly 家贫如洗 家貧如洗 jiā pín rú xǐ extreme poverty (idiom) / destitute / penniless / poor as church mice 筚门闺窦 篳門閨竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 荜门圭窦 蓽門圭竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 衣单食薄 衣單食薄 yī dān shí bó thin coat, meager food (idiom) / life of wretched poverty / destitute 贫病交加 貧病交加 pín bìng jiāo jiā poverty compounded by ill health (idiom) syn 安贫乐道 安貧樂道 ān pín lè dào to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom) syn 贫病交迫 貧病交迫 pín bìng jiāo pò beset by poverty and illness (idiom) syn 饭糗茹草 飯糗茹草 fàn qiǔ rú cǎo lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty 虎口余生 虎口餘生 hǔ kǒu yú shēng lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom) / fig. to narrowly escape death syn 笑贫不笑娼 笑貧不笑娼 xiào pín bù xiào chāng the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty / lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom) 站起来反贫穷 站起來反貧窮 zhàn qǐ lái fǎn pín qióng Stand Up Against Poverty, Stand Up for the Millennium Development Goals / Stand Up Against Poverty 贫穷和经济发展问题千年项目第1工作队 貧窮和經濟發展問題千年項目第1工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development / Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development 贫穷和经济发展问题第1工作队 貧窮和經濟發展問題第1工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development / Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development 贫穷深度比 貧窮深度比 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index 贫穷深度指数 貧窮深度指數 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index 赤贫妇女问题讨论会 赤貧婦女問題討論會 Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty, Integration of Women's Concerns in National Development Planning / Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty 减贫 減貧 jiǎn pín to reduce poverty / poverty reduction 不免一死 bù miǎn yī sǐ cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal 趁乱逃脱 趁亂逃脫 chèn luàn táo tuō to run away in the confusion / to take advantage of the confusion to escape 连滚带爬 連滾帶爬 lián gǔn dài pá rolling and crawling / trying frantically to escape (idiom) 宇宙速度 yǔ zhòu sù dù escape velocity 城门失火，殃及池鱼 城門失火，殃及池魚 chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom) / the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee 天网恢恢，疏而不失 天網恢恢，疏而不失 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law 散逸 sàn yì to disperse and escape / to dissipate 法网难逃 法網難逃 fǎ wǎng nán táo it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom) 畏罪自杀 畏罪自殺 wèi zuì zì shā to commit suicide to escape punishment 眩惑 xuàn huò confusion / unable to escape from infatuation or addiction 脱离苦海 脫離苦海 tuō lí kǔ hǎi to escape from the abyss of suffering / to shed off a wretched plight 落跑 luò pǎo to run away / to escape 跑走 pǎo zǒu to escape / to flee / to run away 跳出火坑 tiào chū huǒ kēng lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom) / to escape from a living hell / to free oneself from a life of torture 蹀儿鸭子 蹀兒鴨子 dié r yā zi to run away / to escape 逃不出 táo bù chū unable to escape / can't get out 逃狱 逃獄 táo yù to escape (from prison) / to jump bail 逃逸速度 táo yì sù dù escape velocity 逸散 yì sàn (of gas, liquid, toxins, heat etc) to escape / to dissipate 逾垣 yú yuán to run away / to escape 