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树倒猢狲散

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5-character word Traditional 樹倒猢猻散

What 树倒猢狲散 means

1. When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause
2. Rats leave a sinking ship.

The characters in 树倒猢狲散

• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 猢húused in 猢狲
• 狲sūnused in 猢狲; used in 兔狲
• 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse