"Escape" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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逃避 táo bì to escape / to evade / to avoid / to shirk
脱 tuō to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from
逃 táo to escape / to run away / to flee
逃跑 táo pǎo to flee from sth / to run away / to escape
逃离 táo lí to run out / to escape
逃脱 táo tuō to run away / to escape
逃走 táo zǒu to escape / to flee / to run away
脱身 tuō shēn to get away / to escape (from obligations) / to free oneself / to disengage
逃命 táo mìng to escape / to flee / to run for one's life
逃逸 táo yì to escape / to run away / to abscond
脱出 tuō chū to break away / to extricate / to escape / to leave the confines of
脱逃 tuō táo to run away / to escape
逃遁 táo dùn to escape / to disappear
走避 zǒu bì to run away / to escape / to avoid
转义 zhuǎn yì (linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape
免 miǎn to excuse sb / to exempt / to remove or dismiss from office / to avoid / to avert / to escape / to be prohibited
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
避 bì to avoid / to shun / to flee / to escape / to keep away from / to leave / to hide from
逸 yì to escape / leisurely / outstanding
落跑 luò pǎo to run away / to escape
跑走 pǎo zǒu to escape / to flee / to run away
蹀儿鸭子 dié r yā zi to run away / to escape
逃狱 táo yù to escape (from prison) / to jump bail
逾垣 yú yuán to run away / to escape
难免 nán miǎn hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably
麻醉 má zuì anesthesia / to anesthetize / (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind) / to enervate / to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality)
后路 hòu lù escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver
好险 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call / to have a narrow escape
死里逃生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth
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
远走高飞 yuǎn zǒu gāo fēi to go far / to escape to faraway places
出险 chū xiǎn to get out of trouble / to escape from danger / a danger appears / threatened by danger
九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life
金蝉脱壳 jīn chán tuō qiào lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom) / fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan
难辞其咎 nán cí qí jiù cannot escape censure (idiom) / has to bear the blame
间不容发 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]
天网恢恢 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
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
插翅难飞 chā chì nán fēi lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom) / fig. impossible to escape
天幸 tiān xìng providential good luck / a narrow escape
出奔 chū bēn to flee / to escape into exile
溜 liū to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate
逭 huàn to escape from
大难不死 dà nàn bù sǐ to just escape from calamity
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
不免一死 bù miǎn yī sǐ cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal
趁乱逃脱 chèn luàn táo tuō to run away in the confusion / to take advantage of the confusion to escape
连滚带爬 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 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 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
法网难逃 fǎ wǎng nán táo it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
畏罪自杀 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 tuō lí kǔ hǎi to escape from the abyss of suffering / to shed off a wretched plight
脫贫 tuō pín to escape poverty
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
转义序列 zhuǎn yì xù liè (computing) escape sequence
转义字符 zhuǎn yì zì fú (computing) escape character
逃不出 táo bù chū unable to escape / can't get out
逃逸速度 táo yì sù dù escape velocity
关门捉贼 guān mén zhuō zéi to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
防火梯 fáng huǒ tī fire escape
难逃法网 nán táo fǎ wǎng It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law / the long arm of the law
畏罪潜逃 wèi zuì qián táo to flee to escape punishment / to abscond from justice
脱离速度 tuō lí sù duó escape velocity
逃避隔离使用的约束  escape from the contained use
逃生人孔 táo shēng rén kǒng escape hatches
脱险布条  escape chit
求救布条  escape chit
虎口余生 hǔ kǒu yú shēng lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom) / fig. to narrowly escape death
天网恢恢，疏而不漏 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu 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
大旱望云霓 dà hàn wàng yún ní lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom) / fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation
全身而退 quán shēn ér tuì to escape unscathed / to get through in one piece
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