Chinese word dictionary

脱离

tuōlí · to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified脱离

Traditional脫離

Pinyintuōlí

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

脱tuō

to take off, to shed; to escape from

离lí

rare beast; strange; elegant

How to learn 脱离

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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离lí

surname Li; to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲

离开líkāi

to depart; to leave

距离jùlí

distance; CL:個|个[ge4]; to be apart from

脱tuō

to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from

远离yuǎnlí

to be far from; to keep away from

分离fēnlí

to separate