(literary) to hide one's tracks; to vanish or become invisible

to flee; to escape; to evade or disappear (often used in formal or literary contexts)

to run away; to escape or flee

to run away; to escape; to flee

To follow a religious path by leaving the secular world; to take refuge in a monastery, especially in particular a Buddhist one.

To withdraw from society and lead the life of a recluse; to hide away from the world.

An ancient Chinese system of divination and metaphysical art used to determine auspicious times and directions; also refers to the legendary Daoist art of becoming invisible.

To live in reclusion or withdraw from the world; to seek solitude in nature.

to hide one's tracks; to live as a hermit or go into seclusion

to use water as a means of hiding or escaping

Words used to avoid a main topic, escape responsibility, or cover up a mistake; quibble

Words used to avoid a subject or hide the truth; a quibble or excuse

to escape and conceal oneself; to go into hiding

A legendary magic trick used by spirits or sorcerers to disappear into the ground or move through the earth invisibly.

(slang) using the excuse of needing to go to the bathroom to slip away and avoid an awkward or unwanted situation

Chinese Buddhist monk and philosopher (314–366) of the Eastern Jin Dynasty; he was an influential scholar of the Prajna school and famously integrated Buddhist thought with the philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi.

to have no place to hide or conceal oneself; to be completely exposed

To withdraw from society and live happily in seclusion

(literary variant) to live happily in retirement and reclusion

To escape or run away to a distant location

to withdraw and live in seclusion; to be humble and retiring

(literary) to die; used in Daoism to refer to the death of a person

To lose the field of battle and retreat in defeat

The magic skill of becoming invisible; a school of ancient Chinese sorcery used to calculate auspicious and inauspicious signs.

to hide one's tracks and keep a low profile; to stop appearing in public

to flee immediately at the first sign of trouble or upon hearing news of something happening