jiě tuōdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to untie / to free / to absolve of / to get free of / to extirpate oneself / (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries
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Original source entry:

解脫 解脱 [jie3 tuo1] /to untie/to free/to absolve of/to get free of/to extirpate oneself/(Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries/

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Other forms in these source records: 解脫

  • 解
    jiě

    to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection

    jiè

    to transport under guard

    xiè

    acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)

    Xiè

    surname Xie

  • 脱
    tuō

    to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from

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