"to shed skin" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
遗蜕 遺蛻 yí tuì to shed skin / to leave one's mortal envelope / remains (of a priest)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
皮肤 皮膚 pí fū skin / CL:層|层[ceng2],塊|块[kuai4] syn
流血 liú xuè to bleed / to shed blood syn
小屋 xiǎo wū cabin / lodge / cottage / chalet / hut / shed syn
肤色 膚色 fū sè skin color
流泪 流淚 liú lèi to shed tears syn
肤浅 膚淺 fū qiǎn skin-deep / superficial / shallow syn
干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn
肌肤 肌膚 jī fū skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship syn
贴身 貼身 tiē shēn worn next to the skin / close-fitting / personal (servant etc)
灼伤 灼傷 zhuó shāng a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc) / to burn (the skin etc) / (fig.) (of anger, jealousy etc) to hurt (sb) syn
皮毛 pí máo fur / fur clothing / skin and hair / superficial / superficial knowledge syn
脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ 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) syn
死里逃生 死裡逃生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth syn
落泪 落淚 luò lèi to shed tears / to weep syn
皮肉 pí ròu skin and flesh / superficial / physical (suffering) / bodily
棚子 péng zi shack / shed / CL:間|间[jian1] syn
细腻 細膩 xì nì (of skin etc) smooth / satiny / delicate / (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed / subtle / exquisite / meticulous syn
疙瘩 gē da swelling or lump on skin / pimple / knot / lump / preoccupation / problem syn
剥离 剝離 bō lí to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) syn
血色 xuè sè color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks
皮子 pí zi skin / fur syn
搭建 dā jiàn to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up
皮肤病 皮膚病 pí fū bìng skin disease / skin condition / dermatosis
黑斑 hēi bān dark spot or blotch on the skin
挥洒 揮灑 huī sǎ to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style syn
皮肤癌 皮膚癌 pí fū ái skin cancer
老茧 老繭 lǎo jiǎn callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 老趼 syn
外皮 wài pí outer skin / carapace syn
茧子 繭子 jiǎn zi callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 趼子 syn
脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn
掉泪 掉淚 diào lèi to shed tears
面皮 miàn pí dumpling skin / piecrust syn
鱼尾纹 魚尾紋 yú wěi wén wrinkles of the skin / crow's feet
蜕皮 蛻皮 tuì pí skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell
干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn
挥泪 揮淚 huī lèi to shed tears / to be all in tears syn
水饺 水餃 shuǐ jiǎo boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli)
封皮 fēng pí outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal syn
痱子 fèi zi miliaria (type of skin disease) / prickly heat / sweat rash
植皮 zhí pí to graft skin / skin grafting
白嫩 bái nèn (of skin etc) fair / delicate syn
龟裂 龜裂 jūn liè to crack / cracked / fissured / creviced / (of skin) chapped syn
兽皮 獸皮 shòu pí animal skin / hide
潸然泪下 潸然淚下 shān rán lèi xià to shed silent tears (idiom) syn
白净 白淨 bái jìng (of skin) fair and clear syn
豆腐皮 dòu fu pí tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu) syn
黑炭 hēi tàn coal / charcoal / (of skin) darkly pigmented / charcoal (color) / bituminous coal (mining)
猪舍 豬舍 zhū shè pig shed syn
滑腻 滑膩 huá nì (of skin) satiny syn
声泪俱下 聲淚俱下 shēng lèi jù xià to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice syn
画皮 畫皮 huà pí painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty) syn
养颜 養顏 yǎng yán to nourish one's skin / to maintain a youthful appearance
碧血 bì xuè blood shed in a just cause
脱胎 脫胎 tuō tāi to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
肌理 jī lǐ texture (of skin, surface etc)
涕泣 tì qì to weep / to shed tears syn
美白 měi bái to whiten (the skin or teeth)
白皙 bái xī (of complexion or skin) fair and clear
脱掉 脫掉 tuō diào to remove / to take off / to strip off / to discard / to shed / to come off / to fall off
乳液 rǔ yè (skin) cream / lotion / emulsion
点水 點水 diǎn shuǐ to skim / lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水) / skin-deep
吓一跳 嚇一跳 xià yī tiào startled / to frighten / scared out of one's skin
褪去 tuì qù to take off (one's clothes) / (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc) / (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside / also pr. [tun4 qu4]
皮下 pí xià under the skin / subcutaneous (injection)
去皮 qù pí to peel / to remove the skin / to tare
化妆水 化妝水 huà zhuāng shuǐ skin toner
剥皮 剝皮 bāo pí to skin / to flay / to peel / (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals / also pr. [bo1pi2]
干裂 乾裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap syn
角质层 角質層 jiǎo zhì céng stratum corneum (outermost layer of the skin)
垂泪 垂淚 chuí lèi to shed tears
内皮 內皮 nèi pí (med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges)
淌下 tǎng xià to let drip / to trickle down / to shed (tears)
脆皮 cuì pí crispy skin (of food)
蛇皮 shé pí snake skin
撕破脸 撕破臉 sī pò liǎn to have an acrimonious falling-out / to shed all pretense of cordiality / to tear into each other
肉皮 ròu pí pork skin
柔肤水 柔膚水 róu fū shuǐ skin toner
妮维雅 妮維雅 nī wéi yǎ Nivea, skin and body care brand
拔罐 bá guàn cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) syn
tuō to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from syn
leather / skin / fur / CL:張|张[zhang1] / pico- (one trillionth) / naughty syn
to sprinkle / to spray / to spill / to shed syn
to peel / to skin / to flay / to shuck syn
bāo to peel / to skin / to shell / to shuck syn
to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig syn
shuāng frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream syn
péng shed / canopy / shack syn
yān to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay syn
jīn muscle / tendon / veins visible under the skin / sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable) syn
chèn (of garments) against the skin / to line / lining / to contrast with / to assist financially syn
skin syn
tuì to take off (clothes) / to shed (feathers) / (of color) to fade / (fig.) (of emotions, awareness etc) to fade / Taiwan pr. [tun4] syn
jié ram, esp. gelded / to castrate / deer's skin syn
tǎng to drip / to trickle / to shed (tears) syn
chuāng sore / skin ulcer syn
zhē (of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite / (of an irritant) to make (one's eyes or skin) sting syn
tuì skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell
潜泳 潛泳 qián yǒng diving / esp. skin diving
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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