tuì

Traditional: 蛻

蜕 (tuì) is a Chinese word meaning “skin cast off during molting; exuvia; to pupate”.

Meanings

  1. 1skin cast off during molting
  2. 2exuvia
  3. 3to pupate
  4. 4to molt
  5. 5to slough
  6. 6to cast off an old skin or shell

Related words

蜕变to transform蜕皮skin cast off during molting蜕化(of insects) to undergo metamorphosis蜕化变质(idiom) to degenerate (morally); to become depraved蜕壳to exuviate; to molt蝉蜕cicada slough遗蜕to shed skin蜕壳see 蛻殼|蜕壳[tui4 ke2]

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