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
脱身
tuōshēn
to get away; to extricate oneself
Characters in this word
身 shēn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 身 — body, torso
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他被卷入复杂纠纷后，花了两年才从诉讼中脱身。 Tā bèi juǎnrù fùzá jiūfēn hòu, huā le liǎng nián cái cóng sùsòng zhōng tuōshēn. After becoming involved in a complicated dispute, he spent two years extricating himself from the lawsuit.
- 会议开得太久，我今天很难脱身。 Huìyì kāi de tài jiǔ, wǒ jīntiān hěn nán tuōshēn. The meeting has gone on too long; it's hard for me to get away today.
- 事情太多，他忙了一整天也没能脱身。 Shìqíng tài duō, tā máng le yī zhěng tiān yě méi néng tuōshēn. There was too much going on; he was busy all day and could not get away.
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
- 脱节 tuōjié to become disconnected; to be out of touch
- 脱口而出 tuōkǒu'érchū to blurt out; to say without thinking
- 脱落 tuōluò to fall off; to come loose
- 脱颖而出 tuōyǐng'érchū to stand out from the crowd
- 身上 shēnshang on the body; on oneself
- 身体 shēntǐ body; health
- 全身 quánshēn whole body
- 身边 shēnbiān by one's side; with one