cover one 's face and creep away(bào tóu shǔ cuàn)

cover one 's face and creep away

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à ot ó ush à Cu à n, running away like a mouse. It's used to describe running away after being defeated. It comes from Kuai Tong Zhuan in the history of Han Dynasty.

Idiom usage

The enemy's embarrassment scared these people to flee one by one. The ninth chapter of a brief history of civilization by Li Baojia in Qing Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Run away, run away. [opposite words] swagger and win the class teacher. [rhyme words] collapse of the earth, anger, boundless suffering, looking back, fish in the pond, peach blossom and human face, people leaving home, three head to head confrontation, heluohaiyan, hangdengxiajian, take the opportunity to change.

Idiom story

During the period of the struggle between Chu and Han Dynasties, Liu Bang appointed Han Xin as a general under the strong recommendation of Xiao He, copied Xiang Yu's back road, broke through Zhao, occupied the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and was granted the title of king of Qi. Kuai Tong actively encouraged Han Xin to divide the world with Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, citing Zhang Er, the king of Changshan, who surrendered to the king of Han Dynasty and sent troops to destroy Chen Yu, a good friend who shared life and death.

The origin of Idioms

According to Kuai Tong Zhuan in the book of Han Dynasty, "the first king of Changshan and the king of Cheng'an made friends with each other by cutting their necks, and argued for Zhang Yi and Chen Shi. The king of Changshan gave up his head and ran away to return to the king of Han."

Chinese PinYin : bào tóu shǔ cuàn