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Definition(s) for: 脱胎换骨

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
脱胎换骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ - to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist
- to turn over a new leaf
- fig. to change wholly
- to create from other material (story, artwork etc)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 16,315 27,152 27,580

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tuō- to shed
- to take off
- to escape
- to get away from
tāi- fetus
- classifier for litters (of puppies etc)
- padding (in clothing or bedding)
- womb carrying a fetus
- (fig.) origin
- source
- (loanword) tire
huàn- to exchange
- to change (clothes etc)
- to substitute
- to switch
- to convert (currency)
- used in 骨碌碌[gu1lu4lu4]
- used in 骨碌[gu1lu5]
- bone

Other Words Containing 脱胎换骨

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
脱胎换骨 - - 16,315 27,152 27,580