蜕 (蛻) tuì

tuì verb skin cast off during molting; to pupate; to molt; to slough; to cast off an old skin or shell
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文

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  • 蜕化(蛻化) (of insects) to undergo metamorphosis; (fig.) to be transformed; to metamorphose; to become degraded
  • 蝉蜕(蟬蛻) cicada slough
  • 蜕壳(蛻殼) to exuviate; to molt
  • 蜕变(蛻變) to transform; to morph; to degenerate; metamorphosis; transmutation; transformation; decay; degeneration
  • 蜕化变质(蛻化變質) to degenerate (morally) ; to become depraved
  • 蜕皮(蛻皮) skin cast off during molting; exuvium; to pupate; to molt; to slough; to cast off an old skin or shell
  • 遗蜕(遺蛻) to shed skin; to leave one's mortal envelope; remains (of a priest)

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