金蝉脱壳 meaning in Chinese
a cicada casting off its skin -- to do a quick change; a cicada leaving behind its cast-off part in molting; a cicada sloughing off its skin -- an escape by strategy; a disappearance act from an entangled situation; a scheme to get away; escape by cunning maneuvering; escape like a cicada casting off its skin; escape secretly; give the slip; make good one's escape (in ensuing confusion); slip away by casting off one's cloak; slip away in the ensuing chaos; slip out of a predicament like a cicada sloughing its skin; stratagem for slinking off
Examples
- This choreographed pas de deux prevented the issue overwhelming all others
这出“双簧”演技虽然不咋的,却收到“金蝉脱壳”之功。 - Then owen is about to trade the plate with " black bear " james kim a top dog of the counterfeit organization , lam and his girls break in to thwart the deal , but owen escapes with the plates in the nick of time . meanwhile , lam bumps into jj in korea , and the pair decide to work together to take back the plates and split the reward
但被机警的owen发觉,双方在火车站展开激战,纠缠间owen的衣袖被车门夹著, owen身悬车外被列车拖行,贵仁在车厢内扯住owen衣袖,本以为可将他制住岂料列车到达月台后却是另一边车门开启, owen趁机施展金蝉脱壳逃去。