开脱

Traditional form:

開脫

Pinyin (reading):

kāituō

Definitions:

• to exculpate
• to absolve
• to exonerate

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 脱 - to take off, to shed; to escape from

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 脫 - to take off, to shed; to escape from