词语解释
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树倒猢狲散
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以势利相结合的人,一旦为首的失势败亡,依附的众徒便随之四散
when an influential person falls from power, his hangers-on disperse;monkeys disperse when the tree falls——members run away when family or institution falls
- 花开蝶满枝,树倒猢狲散。——明· 徐渭《雌木兰》
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以势利相结合的人,一旦为首的失势败亡,依附的众徒便随之四散
when an influential person falls from power, his hangers-on disperse;monkeys disperse when the tree falls——members run away when family or institution falls
國語辭典
樹倒猢猻散
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南宋曹詠依附秦檜,官至戶部侍郎。秦檜死,黨羽離散,曹被貶。其妻兄厲德斯贈之以樹倒猢猻散賦。見宋.龐元英.談藪。後用以比喻有權勢的人一旦失勢,則其依附者隨即散去。
- 初刻拍案驚奇.卷二十二:「若是富貴之人,一朝失勢,落魄起來,這叫做『樹倒猢猻散』,光景著實難堪了。」
- 紅樓夢.第十二回:「如今我們家赫赫揚揚,已將百載,一日倘或樂極生悲,若應了那句『樹倒猢猻散』的俗語,豈不虛稱了一世的詩書舊族了。」