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甩掉 (shuǎi diào) — to shake off, to get rid of (a pursuer, follower, unwanted partner, bad habit, etc.)

Definition

甩掉 is a vivid, colloquial 'shake off / get rid of' — emphasizes a deliberate, often physical effort to drop a pursuer, follower, or stubborn habit. Pairs with concrete objects (people, cars) more than abstract ones.

verb
to shake offto get rid of (a pursuer, follower, unwanted partner, bad habit, etc.)

Examples

  • ，甩掉。
    Tā kāi chē hěn kuài, zhōng yú shuǎi diào le hòu miàn nà liàng chē.
    He drove fast and finally shook off the car behind him.
  • 甩掉。
    Zhè ge huài xí guàn hěn nán shuǎi diào.
    This bad habit is very hard to shake off.
  • ，甩掉。
    Tā bù xiǎng zài lǐ nà ge rén, dàn zǒng shì shuǎi diào bú diào.
    She doesn't want to deal with that person anymore, but she can never shake him off.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

甩shuǎishake
掉diàooff

To 甩, or shake, something so it is 掉, or off, means to get rid of it.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
卓
卓zhuó掉diào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

掉 is built from 扌 (a hand) and 卓, which gives the pronunciation.

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