tuō​sú

refined; to shake off conventions

  • created sense approved 脱俗/脫俗 · tuō​sú · refined; to shake off conventions — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    脱俗 / 脫俗

    tuō​sú

    refined; to shake off conventions

    free from vulgarity or mundane constraints; elegant and outstanding in style or character

    脱, 俗

    脱 (literal) → 脱/脫 · tuō · to escape 俗 (literal) → 俗 · sú · vulgar

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 脱俗/脫俗 · tuō​sú · to become a monk — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    脱俗 / 脫俗

    tuō​sú

    to become a monk

    (literary) to leave the secular world and enter a monastery

    脱 (literal) → 脱/脫 · tuō · to escape 俗 (literal) → 俗 · sú · secular

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense