The golden cicada escapes from its shell (Pinyin: jīn chán tuō qiào) is a Chinese idiom derived from historical stories, most notably from "Xie Tianxiang".

The original meaning of "golden cicada sheds its shell" is that when the cicada transforms, the body breaks away from the skin, leaving only the cicada shed hanging on the branch; later it is a metaphor for creating or using an illusion to escape, so that the other party cannot detect it in time; or a metaphor Things undergo fundamental changes; generally serve as predicates, objects, and attributives in sentences.