脱 tuō
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 兑 to exchange
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
脱节
tuōjié
to become disconnected; to be out of touch
Characters in this word
节 jié
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 大学课程与产业需求严重脱节，毕业生进入岗位后还要重新培训。 Dàxué kèchéng yǔ chǎnyè xūqiú yánzhòng tuōjié, bìyèshēng jìnrù gǎngwèi hòu hái yào chóngxīn péixùn. University courses are seriously disconnected from industry needs, so graduates still need retraining after entering their posts.
- 理论学习不能和实践脱节，否则很难解决实际问题。 Lǐlùn xuéxí bùnéng hé shíjiàn tuōjié, fǒuzé hěn nán jiějué shíjì wèntí. Theoretical study must not become detached from practice, otherwise real problems are hard to solve.
- 店里的菜单太老，早已和年轻人的口味脱节了。 Diàn lǐ de càidān tài lǎo, zǎoyǐ hé niánqīngrén de kǒuwèi tuōjié le. The restaurant's menu is too old and long out of touch with young people's tastes.
Related words
- 摆脱 bǎituō to get rid of; to break free from
- 脱 tuō to take off
- 脱离 tuōlí to break away from; to leave
- 解脱 jiětuō to free oneself; liberation; release
- 脱口而出 tuōkǒu'érchū to blurt out; to say without thinking
- 脱落 tuōluò to fall off; to come loose
- 脱身 tuōshēn to get away; to extricate oneself
- 脱颖而出 tuōyǐng'érchū to stand out from the crowd
- 春节 Chūnjié Spring Festival
- 节 jié a measure word for classes
- 节目 jiémù program; show
- 节日 jiérì holiday; festival