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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *放* | 放* | *放
to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)
HSK 1
open; overt; public / to make public; to release
HSK 3
to release / to issue / to announce / to distribute
HSK 5
to publish; to issue; to release; to distribute
HSK 5
to push out / to release / to launch / to publish / to recommend
HSK 6
to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge
HSK 7-9
to unlock / to release
version / edition / release
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纵* | 纵* | *纵
vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / (bound form) to release (a captive) / to indulge / to leap up / (literary) even if
to let go / to release
ventilation / aeration / to keep each other informed / to release information
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *释* | 释* | *释
to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼) / Buddhism
to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment; to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild
spy shot; leaked photo of a yet-to-be-released product
to release / to let go / to loosen / to untie / to come loose
to release on bail / to bail
Douyin, Chinese app for creating and sharing short videos, released in its international version as TikTok
to break into jail / to forcibly release prisoners
to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc)
to be released from prison
to release flood water / flood discharge
freed (from prison) / to obtain release
wire copy / press release
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摴* | 摴* | *摴
dice / gambling / to release
to release (a prisoner)
to release from work at the end of the day
to release / to make available / to liberate / disengagement
to sneak off; to slip away / (sports) to jump the gun; to make a false start / (fig.) to jump the gun; to start doing sth before it's allowed / (of a movie, game etc) to be leaked before the official release
to scratch one's foot / (fig.) to be stingy / (slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thumbs (i.e. not release any new material etc)
(of a film etc) to be set to be released on a specific date
to release from custody
Zihui, Chinese character dictionary with 33,179 entries, released in 17th century
to release breath / to deflate / to fart
to leak out / to release (liquid or gas)
release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (PRC)
to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner)
you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom) / one doesn't act before one is sure to succeed
partly released from productive labor / partly released from one's regular work
Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997
release paper; release liner
to release a statement
to release / to set free / to allow (a person or an animal) to go / to liberate
Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day)
camera self-timer (for delayed shutter release)
(finance) (of a check) to bounce / (fig.) (of a product etc) to fail to be released on schedule
to release from jail
Ngawang Choephel (1966-), Tibetan musicologist and dissident, Fullbright scholar (1993-1994), jailed 1995-2002 then released to US
to release sb on bail
(of a musician) to release an album
to be released on bail (law)
Xuexi Qiangguo, PRC app designed to teach Xi Jinping Thought, released in 2019
to release (a hostage) / to put back in place
press release
summary report / press release / brief
camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release)
easily forgive, simply release (idiom); to let sb off scot free
to release (an animal) into the wild


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