tuō

take off

HSK 4 #943

DEFINITIONS

脱 tuō
  • to shed
  • to take off
  • to escape
  • to get away from

STROKES

WORDS

皮掉肉 tuō pí diào ròu lit. to shed skin, drop flesh; to work as hard as possible; to work one's butt off
盲 tuō máng to acquire literacy; to throw off blindness
秀 tuō xiù strip show
空 tuō kōng to fail; to come to nothing; to fall through (of plans, hopes); to lie
空汉 tuō kōng hàn liar
窗 tuō chuāng cross-eyed (Tw) (from Taiwanese 挩窗, Tai-lo pr. [thuah-thang])
粒 tuō lì to thresh
粒机 tuō lì jī threshing machine
粟 tuō sù grain kernel (after threshing and winnowing)
线 tuō xiàn derailment; to jump the track (of train); to derail
羽 tuō yǔ to shed feathers; to molt (of birds)
胎成仙 tuō tāi chéng xiān reborn as immortal
胎漆器 tuō tāi qī qì bodiless lacquerware
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
肠 tuō cháng (rectal) hernia
色剂 tuō sè jì bleaching agent; decolorant
衣服 tuō yī fú undress
裤子放屁 tuō kù zi fàng pì lit. to take off trousers to fart; fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary; fig. to make things too complicated
误 tuō wù omission; missing word
贫 tuō pín to lift oneself out of poverty
贫致富 tuō pín zhì fù to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom); poverty alleviation
货 tuō huò out of stock; sold out
除 tuō chú to get rid of
离危险 tuō lí wēi xiǎn out of danger; to avoid danger
离苦海 tuō lí kǔ hǎi to escape from the abyss of suffering; to shed off a wretched plight