作鸟兽散 | zuò niǎo shòu sàn | lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to head off in various directions / to flee helter-skelter | |
奔窜 | bēn cuàn | (of people or animals) to flee helter-skelter / to scatter / (of floodwater, an idea etc) to spread in all directions |