skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
to transform / to morph / to degenerate / metamorphosis / transmutation / transformation / decay / degeneration
(of insects) to undergo metamorphosis / (fig.) to be transformed / to metamorphose / to become degraded
(idiom) to degenerate (morally) / to become depraved
to exuviate / to molt
see 蛻殼|蜕壳[]
skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell
cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from
to shed skin / to leave one's mortal envelope / remains (of a priest)
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27