Chinese

		golden cicada	to cast the shell
trad. (金蟬脫殼)		金蟬	脫殼
simp. (金蝉脱壳)		金蝉	脱壳
Literally: “like a cicada coming out of its cocoon”.

Idiom

金蟬脫殼

1. to be able to escape from a (normally sticky) situation without other pertinent parties noticing it