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树倒猢狲散
shù​dǎo​hú​sūn​sàn

when the tree falls the monkeys scatter

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 树 樹 shù noun
    tree
    tree; various types of woody plants
  2. 倒 dǎo verbparticle
    to fall
    to fall down; to collapse; to topple over; to lie horizontally
  3. 猢狲 猢猻 hú​sūn
    monkey
    macaque; monkey (literally or figuratively)
  4. 散 sàn verb
    to disperse
    to break up; to disperse; to come to an end