"To molt" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 脱皮 | tuō pí | (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience |   |
| 脱毛 | tuō máo | to lose hair or feathers / to molt / depilation / to shave | |
| 脱壳 | tuō qiào | to molt / to exuviate / fig. to fly off like an exuviate cicada | |
| 脱壳 | tuō ké | to break out of an eggshell / to molt / to remove the husk / to shell | |
| 蜕皮 | tuì pí | skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell | |
| 换毛 | huàn máo | to molt (of birds) / to change feathers | |
| 换羽 | huàn yǔ | to molt / to change feathers | |
| 蜕 |  tuì | skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell | |
| 脱换 | tuō huàn | to molt | |
| 脱羽 | tuō yǔ | to shed feathers / to molt (of birds) | |
| 蜕壳 | tuì ké | to exuviate / to molt | |
