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逃之夭夭

Mandarin · pinyin 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

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逃: táo · escape, flee; abscond, dodge
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
夭: yāo · young, fresh-looking; die young

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

2–1–1–1 · tao2 zhi1 yao1 yao1

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tou4 zi1 jiu1 jiu1

Cantonese word readings for 逃之夭夭. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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