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to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge
HSK 5
dormitory / dorm room / living quarters / hostel / CL: 間|间
HSK 5
to be willing to part with sth
HSK 5
reluctant to part
HSK 7-9
reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
HSK 7-9
farmhouse
my humble home
school building / school / (Tw) student dormitory
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surname She
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(bound form) residence; house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li
inn; small hotel; hostel
school building
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to give up; to abandon / to give alms
reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of
to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
to give one's life
to give up / to abandon / to abort
ashes after cremation / Buddhist relics (Sanskirt: sarira)
(math.) to round up or down / to round off
to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth / to persevere / unflagging efforts
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
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old variant of 捨|舍
neighbor / person next door
chicken coop
to give up / to part with
to risk one's life
neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work
ashes after cremation / Buddhist relics (Sanskirt: sarira)
Nova Scotia province, Canada
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb / undaunted by perils
to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism
house / building
school building / school
stupa / tower venerating the ashes of the Buddha
to abandon / to give up
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
pig shed
(name) Fisher or Fischer
Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic
ashes of cremated Buddha
farmhouse
to give in charity / to give alms (to the poor)
to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) / to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom) / fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
to be preoccupied (idiom) / to be inattentive / to be frightened out of one's mind
lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid
(idiom) the whole neighborhood
to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity / skinflint / miserly
youth hostel
ancient office title / rich and important person
to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people / altruism
my younger brother (humble term)
house / residence
(idiom) absentminded; dazed; distracted
my humble home
cottage
to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited
places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc)
cottage / hut
to break into a house for robbery (idiom)
(neologism c. 2012) decluttering; minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")
dormitory roommate
kennel
to pursue relentlessly
Avenue des Champs-Élysées
(name) Fisher or Fischer
selfless / self-sacrifice (to help others) / self-renunciation / altruism
Champs Élysées
kennel
Kusha-shū (Japanese Buddhism school)
to abandon / to lay down
to incarnate into sb else's body
house / residence
matron
dormitory building / CL: ,
(Charlene) Barshefsky, US trade negotiator
one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things
one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb) / to a fearless person, no fence is high enough
to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)
rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck
to provide alms and rice (idiom)
Lao She (1899-1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist
stupa with Buddhist relics / pagoda
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
brick house with a tiled roof


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