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遁

dùn
verb #24,098

Meanings

  1. 1 to flee
  2. 2 to escape
  3. 3 to evade
  4. 4 to slip away (classical)

Examples

他趁夜遁逃，消失得无影无踪。
Tā chèn yè dùntáo, xiāoshī de wú yǐng wú zōng.
He fled under cover of night, disappearing without a trace.
遁形是武侠小说中常见的隐身术。
Dùnxíng shì wǔxiá xiǎoshuō zhōng chángjiàn de yǐnshēnshù.
Becoming invisible (遁形) is a common skill in martial arts fiction.
他无路可遁，只好投降。
Tā wú lù kě dùn, zhǐhǎo tóuxiáng.
He had nowhere to flee and had no choice but to surrender.

Tips

register
遁 is a classical/literary character. In modern standard Chinese, 逃跑 (táopǎo) or 逃脱 (táotuō) are the everyday equivalents. 遁 appears mainly in idioms (遁形 = to vanish, 遁世 = to withdraw from the world) and literary or historical writing.
memory
遁 contains 辶 (movement radical) + 盾 (shield). Picture hiding behind a shield and slipping away — fleeing under cover.

Stroke Order

遁 dùn