脱钩

脫鉤

tuōgōu

verb #57,753

Meanings

1 to decouple; to cut ties
2 to unhook, to become detached

Characters

to come off, to shed

Examples

HSK 4

中美经济完全脱钩几乎是不可能的。

Zhōng Měi jīngjì wánquán tuōgōu jīhū shì bù kěnéng de.

A complete decoupling of the Chinese and American economies is nearly impossible.

HSK 6

他和原公司彻底脱钩了。

Tā hé yuán gōngsī chèdǐ tuōgōu le.

He's completely cut ties with his former company.

Tips

usage

Literally 'to unhook'. In geopolitics translates 'decoupling' and became one of the defining words of the late-2010s US-China trade tension. Competing policy term: 去风险 (de-risking).

register

Neutral in business/news. In everyday speech the 'to cut ties' sense is fine: 跟过去脱钩 'break with the past'.

Stroke Order

脱 tuō

钩 gōu