tuō

take off, peel off, strip

DEFINITIONS

  • take off, peel off, strip
  • to shed
  • to take off
  • to escape
  • to get away from

WORDS

稿 tuō gǎo to complete a draft; to put out a manuscript
穎而出 tuō yǐng ér chū to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself
空 tuō kōng to fail; to come to nothing; to fall through (of plans, hopes); to lie
空漢 tuō kōng hàn liar
窗 tuō chuāng cross-eyed (Tw) (from Taiwanese 挩窗, Tai-lo pr. [thuah-thang])
節 tuō jié to come apart
粒 tuō lì to thresh
粒機 tuō lì jī threshing machine
粟 tuō sù grain kernel (after threshing and winnowing)
線 tuō xiàn derailment; to jump the track (of train); to derail
羽 tuō yǔ to shed feathers; to molt (of birds)
肛 tuō gāng rectal prolapse
胎 tuō tāi to be born; (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc); (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn); bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
胎成仙 tuō tāi chéng xiān reborn as immortal
胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist; to turn over a new leaf; fig. to change wholly; to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
胎漆器 tuō tāi qī qì bodiless lacquerware
脂 tuō zhī to remove fat; to skim (milk)
脂棉 tuō zhī mián absorbent cotton
tuō tuō Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史|辽史 and Jin 金史; also written Tuoketuo 托克托
腸 tuō cháng (rectal) hernia
臼 tuō jiù dislocation (of a joint)
色 tuō sè to lose color; to turn pale; to bleach; to fade
色劑 tuō sè jì bleaching agent; decolorant
落 tuō luò to drop off; to come off; to lose (hair etc); to omit (a character when writing)
衣服 tuō yī fú undress