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to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)
HSK 1
to have a holiday or vacation
HSK 1
to dismiss students at the end of the school day
HSK 1
to lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
HSK 2
to feel relieved / to feel reassured / to be at ease
HSK 2
to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)
HSK 3
to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality
HSK 3
to relax; to slacken; to loosen
HSK 4
to liberate / to emancipate / liberation / refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 / CL:
HSK 5
to enlarge / to magnify
HSK 5
to renounce; to abandon; to give up
HSK 5
to provide / to give / to grant
HSK 6
to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge
HSK 7-9
to deposit / to store / to leave in sb's care
HSK 7-9
to set up; to arrange; to lay out
HSK 7-9
to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game
HSK 7-9
to blossom
HSK 7-9
to put
HSK 7-9
to arrange in order / to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen
HSK 7-9
wanton / unbridled / presumptuous / impudent
HSK 7-9
to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth
HSK 7-9
to show (a movie) / to screen
HSK 7-9
to park (a car etc) / to moor (a boat etc) / to leave sth (in a place)
HSK 7-9
to indulge / to pamper / to connive at / permissive / indulgent / self-indulgent / unrestrained / undisciplined / uncultured / boorish
HSK 7-9
to light / to set off (firecrackers etc)
HSK 7-9
lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom) / fig. to have a clear objective
HSK 7-9
to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
HSK 7-9
to radiate / radioactive
to lay / to place / to put in a certain place
to devolve authority to lower levels
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
to banish / to deport / to send into exile / to be marooned
(PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the central government and privatize smaller SOEs at the local level
to allow to fly
to lend money (as a commercial loan)
to replay / to play back
scaling / resizing / zoom (graphics)
to let go / to release
to exile / to banish / to deport / to float (logs) downstream
to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
to input / to throw in / to unload / to put into circulation
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
to graze (livestock) / to herd (livestock)
to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go
to let off / to give out
radiotherapy (abbr. for 放射療法|放射疗法) / to treat by radiotherapy
electrical discharge / (coll.) to lure / to entice
to rub one's head and heels (idiom); to slave for the benefit of others / to wear oneself out for the general good
to relax (a rule) / to ease (restrictions) / to extend (a time limit) / to let out (a garment) / to expand / to broaden
in full bloom
very loudly / at the top of one's voice
bold and unconstrained / powerful and free
to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information
to let pass
a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression
to burst with joy (idiom) / to be over the moon / to be elated
(TCM) to practice bloodletting / (medicine) to perform phlebotomy / (coll.) to make sb bleed; to inflict grievous wounds / (fig.) to cough up a large amount of money / (fig.) to reduce prices drastically
to relax completely / to empty one's mind / (finance) to sell short / (of a commercial vehicle) to travel empty (no cargo or passengers) / to deadhead
unrestrained / dissolute / dissipated / unconventional / immoral / to debauch / to dissipate
to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment) / to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill
to ignore / to let alone / to indulge
to survey / to view broadly
to broadcast / to announce over loudspeakers
in bud / budding
to provide loans
to let go one's hold / to give up / to have a free hand
(of weather) to clear up
to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc)
to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance
to pile up; to stack
licentious / wanton / morally unrestrained
to knock over; to knock down; to lay flat; to fell; to bring down
to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol
to put / to place
to act boldly
to leave sth with sb
to lend money (for interest); to give credit
extensive / expansive / large-scale
to slow / to slow down (the pace of)
to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)
lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
wild / unrestrained
to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire
to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark
to record and play (audio, video)
to abandon all restraint (idiom)
to display
to knock off work for the day
eccentric / self-indulgent / free and unconventional (written style) / unbuttoned
power amplifier (abbr. for 功率放大器)
untrammeled / reckless / wanton
free-range chicken
amplifier
to act wickedly / to bully / to make life difficult for sb by unreasonable actions
Liberation city district / Jiefang district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市, Henan
broadside / simultaneous fired cannonade
to put in / to insert
to stack; to lay one on top of another
open system

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