鸟兽散

鳥獸散
niǎoshòusàn
to scatter like birds and beasts

CEDICT

to scatter (and flee)

Wiktionary

像鸟兽般一哄而散。有失利、失势而散之意。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 鸟兽 niǎoshòu
  1. birds and beasts
  2. fauna
=2 散 sàn variant of 散 sàn
=2 散 sàn
  1. to scatter
  2. to break up (a meeting etc)
  3. to disperse
  4. to disseminate
  5. to dispel
  6. (coll.) to sack

Containing this entry

作鸟兽散 zuòniǎoshòusàn
  1. lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. fig. to head off in various directions
  3. to flee helter-skelter
如鸟兽散 rúniǎoshòusàn
  1. lit. to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. fig. to flee in all directions