树倒猢狲散樹倒猢猻散

shù dǎo hú sūn sàn

Meaning

When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause; Rats leave a sinking ship.

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树shùtree; to plant; to set up, to establish木对倒dàoto collapse, to fall over; to lie down亻到猢húa kind of monkey found in western China犭胡狲sūnmonkey犭孙散sànto scatter, to disperse, to break up⺼攵