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摆脱

bǎi tuō

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 擺脫

摆脱 (bǎi tuō) means "to break away from, shake off". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 摆脱 means

1. to break away from
2. to cast off (old ideas etc)
3. to get rid of
4. to break away (from)
5. to break out (of)
6. to free oneself from
7. to extricate oneself

The characters in 摆脱

• 摆bǎito arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro
• 脱tuōto shed; to take off; to escape

Example sentences

• 我想摆脱它。
  I want to get rid of it.
• 我要摆脱这一切。
  I'm going to get rid of all this stuff.
• 他让人们摆脱了奴役。
  Tā ràng rénmen bǎituō le núyì.
  He liberated the people from bondage.
• 你该摆脱你的坏习惯。
  You must rid yourself of bad habits.
• 我怎么才能摆脱这种困境？
  How do I get out of this mess?
• 阿尔及利亚需要摆脱官僚主义。
  ā'ěrjílìyà xūyào bǎituō guānliáozhǔyì.
  Algeria needs to get rid of its bureaucracy.

Where 摆脱 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bài–bàn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bǎi tuō correctly.
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