脱胎换骨 — Chinese idiom
脱胎换骨
tuō tāi huàn gǔ
Traditional: 脫胎換骨
Meaning
- to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones ; born again Daoist
- to turn over a new leaf
- fig. to change wholly
- to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
Character by character
- 脱tuōto take off, to shed; to escape from
- 胎tāiembryo, fetus; car tire
- 换huànto change; to exchange, to swap, to trade
- 骨gǔbone; skeleton; frame, framework
Idioms sharing a character
- 稚气未脱 zhì qì wèi tuō
- 脱口而出 tuō kǒu ér chū
- 脱颖而出 tuō yǐng ér chū
- 脱贫致富 tuō pín zhì fù
- 脱缰之马 tuō jiāng zhī mǎ
- 金蝉脱壳 jīn chán tuō qiào
- 肉眼凡胎 ròu yǎn fán tāi
- 偷天换日 tōu tiān huàn rì
- 偷梁换柱 tōu liáng huàn zhù
- 推杯换盏 tuī bēi huàn zhǎn
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