遁
flee; hide; disappear
Meanings
2 senses · 10 examplesverb
to flee; to run away; to escape
literaryFormal literary term, often used in written contexts or historical texts.
Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the enemy fled one after another.
He chose to flee far away to another place to avoid this conflict.
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The criminal tried to escape into the deep mountains to avoid being caught.
The bandits fled before the officers and soldiers arrived.
He didn't have time to react and could only flee in a hurry.
verb
to hide; to conceal; to disappear
literaryUsed for people or things that conceal their whereabouts or vanish from sight.
In his later years, this legendary writer hid himself in the mountains and no longer contacted the outside world.
Some insects will hide in winter and wait to wake up in the spring of the next year.
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He hid himself among the townspeople and lived a plain life.
As night fell, the last ray of sunlight disappeared below the horizon.
To avoid being tracked by the media, the celebrity hid in his private villa.