tuō

to shed

to take off; to escape; to get away from

body (⺼) + [sound: 兑] = shed, slip off, escape

The flesh radical grounds the meaning in the body — skin, layers, coverings that can be shed or slipped off. 兑 mainly gives the sound tuō; the body does the escaping.

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进屋前请把鞋掉。

jìn wū qián qǐng bǎ xié tuō diào。

please take off your shoes before entering the room.

他好不容易才从那个困境中身。

tā hǎo bù róng yì cái cóng nà ge kùn jìng zhōng tuō shēn。

he only managed to get away from that difficult situation with great effort.

Words with 脱

脱机

tuō jī

offline

脱节

tuō jié

to come apart

通脱木

tōng tuō mù

rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)

金蝉脱壳

jīn chán tuō qiào

lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell

开脱

kāi tuō

to exculpate

开脱罪责

kāi tuō zuì zé

to absolve sb from guilt

雄脱

xióng tuō

pattern hair loss; androgenetic alopecia

松脱

sōng tuō

loose

丙酮酸脱氢酶

bǐng tóng suān tuō qīng méi

pyruvate dehydrogenase

出脱

chū tuō

to manage to sell

半脱产

bàn tuō chǎn

partly released from productive labor

品脱

pǐn tuō

pint (approx. 0.47 liter) (loanword)

More characters with ⺼