金蟬脫殼

Chinese

	golden cicada; pupa of Cryptotympana atrata	to cast the shell; to unpack
trad. (金蟬脫殼/金蟬脱殼)	金蟬	脫殼/脱殼
simp. (金蝉脱壳)	金蝉	脱壳
alternative forms	脫殼金蟬／脱壳金蝉
Literally: “like a cicada coming out of its shed skin”.

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnchántuōqiào, jīnchántuōké

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛㄑㄧㄠˋ, ㄐㄧㄣㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛㄎㄜˊ
Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ siam⁵ tug⁴ kag⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland standard)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnchántuōqiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛㄑㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinchántuociào
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-chʻan²-tʻo¹-chʻiao⁴
  - Yale: jīn-chán-twō-chyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jincharntuochiaw
  - Palladius: цзиньчаньтоцяо (czinʹčanʹtocjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ tʰwɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan standard)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnchántuōké
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄛㄎㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinchántuoké
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-chʻan²-tʻo¹-kʻo²
  - Yale: jīn-chán-twō-ké
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jincharntuoker
  - Palladius: цзиньчаньтокэ (czinʹčanʹtokɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ tʰwɔ⁵⁵ kʰɤ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gim¹ siam⁵ tug⁴ kag⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim siâm thuk khâk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ siam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰuk̚²⁻⁴ kʰak⁵⁵/

金蟬脫殼

to be able to escape from a (normally sticky) situation without other pertinent parties noticing it
Antonym: 老樹盤根／老树盘根

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