脫 tuō

take off, peel off, strip

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

虛脫 xū tuō to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood); heat exhaustion
表皮剝脫素 biǎo pí bō tuō sù exotoxin
解脫 jiě tuō to untie; to free; to absolve of; to get free of; to extirpate oneself; (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries
趁亂逃脫 chèn luàn táo tuō to run away in the confusion; to take advantage of the confusion to escape
超脫 chāo tuō to stand aloof; to be detached from; to transcend worldliness; untrammeled; unconventional
逃脫 táo tuō to run away; to escape
通脫木 tōng tuō mù rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
金蟬脫殼 jīn chán tuō qiào lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan
開脫 kāi tuō to exculpate; to absolve; to exonerate
開脫罪責 kāi tuō zuì zé to absolve sb from guilt; to exonerate; to exculpate
鬆脫 sōng tuō loose; flaking
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