蜕化

蛻化
tuìhuà
  1. (of insects) to undergo metamorphosis
  2. (fig.) to be transformed
  3. to metamorphose
  4. to become degraded

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) to deteriorate; to degenerate; to atrophy
  2. (of insects) to molt; to shed; to slough; to exuviate
  3. to deteriorate; to degenerate; to atrophy
  4. to molt; to shed; to slough; to exuviate

Wiktionary

本指昆虫等在生理期间的脱皮现象。因其往往形态会有变化，故后常用以比喻一切事物的变化、变质。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 蜕 tuì
  1. skin cast off during molting
  2. exuvia
  3. to pupate
  4. to molt
  5. to slough
  6. to cast off an old skin or shell
2 化 huà
  1. to make into
  2. to change into
  3. -ization
  4. to ... -ize
  5. to transform
  6. abbr. for 化学 huàxué

Containing this entry

蜕化变质 tuìhuàbiànzhì (idiom) to degenerate (morally); to become depraved

Related entries

幻化 huànhuà
  1. to be transformed
  2. to metamorphose
  3. transformation
  4. metamorphosis
蝶变 diébiàn
  1. (of a caterpillar etc) to metamorphose
  2. (fig.) to undergo a dramatic positive change (e.g. urban renewal, industrial reform, economic advance etc)
变态 biàntài
  1. to metamorphose (biology)
  2. abnormal
  3. perverted
  4. hentai
  5. (slang) pervert
社会变态者是冷漠的。

A sociopath is cold.

Source: Tatoeba