tuō tāi huàn gǔ

Traditional: 脫胎換骨

脱胎换骨 (tuō tāi huàn gǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “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”.

Meanings

  1. 1to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist
  2. 2to turn over a new leaf
  3. 3fig. to change wholly
  4. 4to create from other material (story, artwork etc)

Characters in 脱胎换骨

脱tuō · to shed胎tāi · fetus换huàn · to exchange骨gū · used in 骨碌碌[gu1 lu4 lu4]

Related words

换to exchange脱to shed摆脱to break away from骨头bone交换to exchange骨used in 骨碌碌[gu1 lu4 lu4]骨bone逃脱to run away轮胎tire; pneumatic tire双胞胎twin脱离to separate oneself from脱衣舞striptease

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