摆脱

Traditional form:

擺脫

Pinyin (reading):

bǎituō

Definitions:

• to break away from
• to cast off (old ideas etc)
• to get rid of
• to break away (from)
• to break out (of)
• to free oneself from
• to extricate oneself

Characters:

• 摆 - to arrange, to display; pendulum, swing
• 脱 - to take off, to shed; to escape from

Traditional characters:

• 擺 - to arrange, to display; pendulum, swing
• 脫 - to take off, to shed; to escape from