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離
Mandarin: li2
Simplified: 离
Definitions
  1. 1 to leave
  2. 2 to part from
  3. 3 to be away from
  4. 4 (in giving distances) from
  5. 5 without (sth)
  6. 6 independent of
  7. 7 one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦bāguà [八卦], symbolizing fire
  8. 8 ☲
  9. 9 separation
  10. 10 departure
  11. 11 to separate
  12. 12 to go away from
  13. 13 to dispense with
  14. 14 to go without
  15. 15 to go against
  16. 16 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 離
逃離
to run out; to escape
負離子
ionic straight hair
仳離
break up, divorce
功利性離婚
profit-driven divorce, divorce intended to evade capital gains taxes
遠距離監視
off-site monitoring
八九不離十
pretty close; very near; about right
脫離苦海
to escape suffering; to escape from the abyss of misery (lit., "break away from
離去角
angle of departure
離婚
to divorce
別離
when somebody leaves somebody else, to leave, to part from
打死不離親兄弟
noun; brothers who are related have stronger obligations to each other than to p
等距離
Equidistant
離開
quit | check out | pass away
離遠
from far; at a distance
離隊
withdraw from one's position; leave a team or post
擅離職守
AWOL (Absent Without Leave, military term); be absent from one's post without pe
分離
to split
離場
departure
切肉不離皮
lit. unable to remove skin from meat while cutting it, meaning inseparable
悲歡離合
joys and sorrows; partings and reunions - vicissitudes of life
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