Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 984, Entry 01 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced duo. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): Flesh diminishing and becoming thin. Jade Chapter (Yupian): Meat removed from the bone. Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Another meaning is to break or separate. Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun): Things coming apart by themselves. Broad Refinements (Boya): To escape, to separate. Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explaining Implements: Meat is called tuozhi. Note: To peel its skin. Commentary: Processing meat, removing the fascia, and selecting the good parts. Also, Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): To escape or be exempted. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of the Five Kings of Gaozu: Thinking one could not escape Chang'an. Note: Tuo means to be exempted. Also, to be brief or negligent. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on Rites: Generally, rites begin with negligence. Note: Tuo is like being careless or negligent. History of the Later Han (Houhan), Biography of Xiang Xu: When he took office, people of the time thought he would surely cast off his simplicity and follow thrift. Note: Tuo means to cast off or change simplicity. Also, Broad Refinements (Boya): To leave behind or forget. Book of Rites (Liji), Meaning of the Capping Ceremony: Knowing that one can respect elders and siblings and leave nothing behind. Note: Leaving behind is like being detached. Also, to pass by. Zhuangzi, Chapter on Heaven and Earth: Laozi said: Those who are cunning and holy, I myself consider that I have already moved past that state. Note: Tuo means to pass by. Also, to eliminate or remove. Gongyang Commentary (Gongyangzhuan), 19th Year of Duke Zhao: Adding another bowl of rice, he was suddenly and completely recovered. Note: Tuoran means the appearance of illness being eliminated. Also, Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): A mistake. Also, a word of supposition. Also, the name of a plant. Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explaining Plants: Yishang is called huotuo. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Mount Sheng, the plants there are mostly koutuo. Note: The koutuo plant grows in the south, about one zhang in height, resembling a lotus leaf, with a white, pithy substance inside the stem. Also, a bird name. Broad Refinements (Boya): Longtuo is a species of hawk. Also, a mountain name. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Seventy miles to the east is called Tuohu Mountain. Also, Longtuo, a place name. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Fan and Li: Fought at Longtuo. Note: Located in Yizhou. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced tuo. Meaning is the same. Also, Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yue. The appearance of an insect just emerging, its skin glossy and beautiful. This is the opinion of Sima Biao. Zhuangzi, Chapter on Supreme Joy: Butterflies are formed from the xu insect, transforming into a worm born under the stove, appearing as if it has just shed its skin. Note: Tuo means newly grown skin. Also, Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced tuo (in a different tone). Equivalent to tuo. Tuotuo means to be relaxed and composed. Another opinion is that it means the appearance of being joyful. Book of Odes (Shijing), Shao South: So relaxed and composed. Book of Rites (Liji), Conduct of the Scholars: Coarse and raised, yet not hurried. Note: It must be relaxed and composed. Explanation of Terms (Shiming): Pronounced tuo. Also, Master of Huainan (Huainanzi), Treatise on the Spirit: Joyful and relaxed. Note: Tuo means to be relaxed or stretched out. Also, Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu): Rhyming as tui. Kong Zhigui, Rhapsody on the North Mountain (Beishan Yiwen): As for him, he stands lofty above ordinary objects, pure and transcending the clouds and mist, viewing a thousand gold pieces as mere grass and not deigning to look at them, casting away the dignity of ten thousand chariots like discarding worn-out shoes. Note: Tuo rhymes here as tuo and dui. Also, rhyming as tuo. Su Shi, Inscription for Fan Jingren: Junshi (Sima Guang) has already arrived, and has retired back to Luoyang. Wishing to tether and detain him, there is no one who can allow him to take his leave.