換骨奪胎

Reading

Kana: かんこつだったい

Romaji: kankotsudattai

Definition

noun

vs

1

adaptation (e.g. of a poem or novel); rewriting; recasting; modification; rehashing

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

換

Readings: カン、 か.える、 -か.える、 か.わる

Meanings: interchange, period, change, convert, replace, renew

骨

Readings: コツ、 ほね

Meanings: skeleton, bone, remains, frame

奪

Readings: ダツ、 うば.う

Meanings: rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp

胎

Reading: タイ

Meanings: womb, uterus