蛻

skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell

surname Dui

to cash / to exchange / to add (liquid) / to blend / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp / ☱

variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]

lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

to transform / to morph / to degenerate / metamorphosis / transmutation / transformation / decay / degeneration

skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell

to exuviate / to molt

see 蛻殼|蜕壳[tui4 ke2]

cicada slough / fig. to free oneself / to extricate oneself from

to shed skin / to leave one's mortal envelope / remains (of a priest)

(idiom) to degenerate (morally); to become depraved

(of insects) to undergo metamorphosis / (fig.) to be transformed / to metamorphose / to become degraded

to degenerate (morally) (idiom) / to become depraved