to hide; to evade; to dodge; to take shelter; to avoid (difficulties)

to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc); to avoid (sb)

to conceal oneself; to go into hiding; to take cover

hide-and-seek (game); peekaboo (game)

to be in hiding

dodgeball

to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)

to hide; to conceal

to dodge a creditor

to shy away from work; to get by without attending duty

to take refuge with a rich relative

to step aside (for a passing vehicle); to get out of the way; to make way for

to evade; to dodge (out of the way)

to take refuge; to seek refuge from disaster

to take shelter from the rain

lit. to avoid the wind; fig. to keep low to avoid a difficult situation; to stay out of trouble

to dodge; to evade

to avoid external disturbance in order to idle

to dodge about

to evade; to dodge (out of the way)

see 明槍易躲，暗箭難防|明枪易躲，暗箭难防[ming2 qiang1 yi4 duo3 , an4 jian4 nan2 fang2]

lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies

see 躲得過初一，躲不過十五|躲得过初一，躲不过十五[duo3 de5 guo4 chu1 yi1 , duo3 bu4 guo4 shi2 wu3]

lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom); fig. you can't put it off forever; sooner or later you'll have to deal with it