dùn

common
literary
verb

Meaning of

遁 means to flee; to run away; to escape; to hide; to conceal; to disappear. Pronounced dùn.

  • to flee; to run away; to escape
  • to hide; to conceal; to disappear

Character Info

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Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

rén
jiàn
shì
miào
 
fēn
fēn
dùn
zǒu
 

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the enemy fled one after another.

xuǎn
le
yuǎn
dùn
xiāng
 
kāi
le
zhè
zhēng
fēn
 
 

He chose to flee far away to another place to avoid this conflict.

Zuì
fàn
shì
dùn
shēn
shān
zhuō
 
 

The criminal tried to escape into the deep mountains to avoid being caught.

fěi
men
zài
guān
bīng
dào
lái
qián
dùn
táo
le
 

The bandits fled before the officers and soldiers arrived.

lái
fǎn
yìng
 
zhǐ
néng
cāng
dùn
zǒu
 

He didn't have time to react and could only flee in a hurry.