脱胎换骨
Traditional form:
脫胎換骨
Pinyin (reading):
tuōtāihuàngǔ
Definitions:
- 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)
Characters:
- 脱 - to take off, to shed; to escape from
- 胎 - embryo, fetus; car tire
- 换 - to change; to exchange, to swap, to trade
- 骨 - bone; skeleton; frame, framework
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