Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 脱


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Meaning

strip off, to shed, get rid of, get away from

Pronunciation

tuō

Explanation

Left: body /, right: money transfer (Going out from my elder brother money transactions take place) [ = the big mouth on feet]

Mnemonic

(He raises his arms while stripping off his shirt. And I see:) the body of my older brother with raised arms, who is undressing.

Radicals

meat(and body parts)
coming out
money transfer, to cash
elder brother
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Vocabulary

脱水 tuō shuǐ to dry out; to extract water; dehydration; dehydrated; desiccation
脱离 tuō lí to separate oneself from; to break away from, abscission
摆脱 bǎi tuō 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
挣脱 zhèng tuō to throw off; to struggle free of
脱粟 tuō sù grain kernel (after threshing and winnowing)
金蝉脱壳 jīn chán tuō qiào lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan
脱肛 tuō gāng prolapsed anus
脱缰之马 tuō jiāng zhī mǎ lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse; out of control
脱缰 tuō jiāng to throw off the reins; runaway (horse); fig. out of control

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