脱身

• 拼音: tuō shēn
• 汉字拆解: 脱 = 月 (flesh/body) + 兑 (shed); 身 = pictograph of a pregnant woman, extended to mean 'body/person'

含义

To get away; to extricate oneself; to free oneself from a situation. Managing to leave a difficult, demanding, or entangling situation.

Implies that leaving is not easy — there are obligations, dangers, or complications that make departure difficult. Used when someone is tied up with work, trapped in a dangerous situation, or entangled in social obligations. Often appears in negative constructions: 脱不开身 (can't get away) is very common.

例句

1. 他忙于多个项目，一时半会儿根本脱不了身。
2. 危机关头，他机智地找到机会脱身，避开了追捕。
3. 她在那段充满控制欲的关系中挣扎了好久才脱身。

用法指南

语境: personal, professional, social

语气: colloquial

正确说法

• 最近手头的事太多，实在脱不开身去参加聚会。(I've got too much on my plate right now — I really can't get away to join the gathering.)
• 当年他是怎么从那个困境中脱身的，至今还是个谜。(How he managed to extricate himself from that predicament back then remains a mystery to this day.)

错误说法

• 用'脱身'形容轻松离开 (脱身 implies the situation makes leaving difficult; for a simple departure use 离开 or 走)

起源与历史

Compound of 脱 (shed, escape from) + 身 (body, one's person). Literally 'free one's body from,' i.e., extract oneself from an entangling situation.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal