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tuō

Main
English Definition	to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from
Simplified Script	脱
Traditional Script	脫
Pinyin	tuō
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄊㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	tyut³
Part of Speech	(动) verb
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=4 TOCFL=3

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Words With Same Head Word
脱离	tuōlí	to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)
脱身	tuōshēn	to get away; to escape (from obligations); to free oneself; to disengage
脱手	tuōshǒu	(not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc); to get rid of; to unload
脱落	tuōluò	to drop off; to come off; to lose (hair etc); to omit (a character when writing)
脱颖而出	tuō yǐng ér chū	to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself

Words With Same Tail Word
摆脱	bǎituō	to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc); to get rid of; to break away (from); to break out (of); to free oneself from; to extricate oneself
解脱	jiětuō	to untie; to free; to absolve of; to get free of; to extirpate oneself; (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries
超脱	chāotuō	to stand aloof; to be detached from; to transcend worldliness; untrammeled; unconventional
逃脱	táotuō	to run away; to escape
洒脱	sǎtuō	free and at ease; natural; unconstrained

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