鸟骇鼠窜 — “To flee in terror or panic, like startled birds and scurrying rats”

鸟骇鼠窜 (niǎo hài shǔ cuàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to flee in terror or panic, like startled birds and scurrying rats”.

鸟骇鼠窜 is pronounced niǎo hài shǔ cuàn in Mandarin Chinese.

Literally, 鸟骇鼠窜 means “Birds startled, rats scurrying”. It is used to mean “to flee in terror or panic, like startled birds and scurrying rats”.

形容惊恐逃窜。