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)
trad. 脫胎換骨
Also written 脫胎換骨【tuō tāi huàn gǔ】
Characters in this word
4脱
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to shed, to take off, to escape, to get away from
- Pinyin
- tuō
- Traditional
- 脫
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 2859 of 2500
胎
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fetus, classifier for litters (of puppies etc), padding (in clothing or bedding), womb carrying a fetus, (fig.) origin, source, (loanword) tire
- Pinyin
- tāi
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 26823 of 2500
换
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to exchange, to change (clothes etc), to substitute, to switch, to convert (currency)
- Pinyin
- huàn
- Traditional
- 換
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1175 of 2500
骨
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used in 骨碌碌[gu1 lu4 lu4], used in 骨碌[gu1 lu5], used in 骨朵[gu1 duo5]
- Pinyin
- gū
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 11981 of 2500