Meaning of 脱离
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to separate oneself from
- to break away from
- diastasis (medicine)
- abscission
- abjunction (botany)
How to use 脱离
脱离 usually takes an object that is a situation, group, or state, often a serious one like danger, reality, or an organization. It feels more formal than 离开 (líkāi). Example: 病人已经脱离危险了。(Bìngrén yǐjīng tuōlí wēixiǎn le.) The patient is already out of danger.
脱 (tuō) means to take off or shed, like taking off a coat, and 离 (lí) means to leave. Put them together and you shed something and walk away from it, so 脱离 is to break away from.
Common mistake: Learners often use 脱离 for simply leaving a place, as in 脱离教室. For physical places use 离开 (líkāi), and save 脱离 for breaking away from situations, groups, or conditions.
脱离 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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脱 tuō · to shed · 11 strokes
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离 lí · to leave · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 脱离.
| 离开 | líkāi | to depart; to leave |
| 离婚 | líhūn | to divorce |
| 距离 | jùlí | distance; separation (in space or time); to be ... away from; to be ... from |
| 摆脱 | bǎituō | to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc) |
| 离不开 | lí bu kāi | inseparable; inevitably linked to |
| 分离 | fēnlí | to separate |
| 远离 | yuǎnlí | to be far from; to keep away from |
| 撤离 | chèlí | to withdraw from; to evacuate |
| 隔离 | gélí | to separate; to isolate |
| 解脱 | jiětuō | to untie; to free |
| 脱身 | tuōshēn | to get away; to escape (from obligations) |
| 离奇 | líqí | odd; bizarre |
Questions about 脱离
What does 脱离 mean?
脱离 (tuōlí) means "to separate oneself from; to break away from" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 脱离?
脱离 is made of 2 characters: 脱 (11 strokes), 离 (10 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.
Is 脱离 an HSK word?
Yes. 脱离 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 脱离 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 脱离 is written 脫離.
What is the difference between 脱离 and 摆脱?
摆脱 (bǎituō) stresses struggling to get rid of something unwanted, like poverty or a bad habit. 脱离 simply describes being separated or out of something, and the thing does not have to be bad, as in 脱离群众 (tuōlí qúnzhòng), to lose touch with the masses.
What are common phrases with 脱离?
Very common ones are 脱离危险 (out of danger), 脱离现实 (divorced from reality), and 脱离关系 (to cut ties). You will see these often in news and formal writing.