逃难 (táo nán) — to flee (from a disaster, war, famine, etc.)

Definition

Examples

• 战争爆发后，很多人不得不逃难到外地。
  Zhàn zhēng bào fā hòu, hěn duō rén bù dé bù táo nán dào wài dì.
  After the war broke out, many people had to flee to other places.
• 他小时候逃过一次难，所以特别珍惜和平。
  Tā xiǎo shí hou táo guò yí cì nán, suǒ yǐ tè bié zhēn xī hé píng.
  He experienced fleeing from disaster once as a child, so he especially cherishes peace.
• 那年洪水淹了村子，全村人都逃难去了。
  Nà nián hóng shuǐ yān le cūn zi, quán cūn rén dōu táo nàn qù le.
  That year the flood submerged the village, and the whole village fled from the calamity.