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HSK
to take a walk; to go for a walk
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *散* | 散* | *散
to scatter / to break up (a meeting etc) / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack
HSK 4
to scatter / to disperse / to distribute
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㪚* | 㪚* | *㪚
variant of
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *散* | 散* | *散
scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine
HSK 5
(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
HSK 5
to dissolve / to disband
HSK 7-9
to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
HSK 7-9
to distribute / to emit / to issue
HSK 7-9
to disseminate
HSK 7-9
to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate / scattered; sparse
HSK 7-9
indolent; negligent; slack
astigmatism
to diffuse light
When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause / Rats leave a sinking ship.
scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization
radiator (for heating a room) / radiator (for cooling an engine)
to dissipate
individual (shareholder) / the small investor
loose goods / goods sold open / draft (of beer, as opposed to bottled)
lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action
to lie scattered (over an area) / Taiwan pr. [san4 luo4]
to disperse / to fall scattered / to sprinkle
to separate / to disperse
to disperse (a crowd etc) / (fig.) to dispel (misgivings etc)
to slacken / lax / slack / disorganized
to waft (through the air); to drift
(of family members) separated from one another; scattered about; dispersed / (math.) discrete
lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom) / fig. to be frightened stiff / spooked out of one's mind / terror-stricken
to disperse / to diverge
end of school
to relax / loose / not consolidated / not rigorous
in disorder / messy / Taiwan pr. [san4 luan4]
(of troops) to be routed and dispersed
to disperse / to scatter in all directions
lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
to part on bad terms / (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord
distribution center
lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there!
severance pay
with dishevelled hair (idiom) / with one's hair down
(of gas, liquid, toxins, heat etc) to escape; to dissipate
laid back; leisurely / (of resources: workers, funds etc) unused; idle
(idiom) to part without hard feelings; to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
lit. like a sheet of loose sand / fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
a family wrenched apart (idiom)
free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)
prose poem
to scatter like birds and beasts
in fragments
(of a nation, government etc) demoralized / disunited
powder medicine
easygoing / lax / unconstrained / unruly
random jottings / travel notes
to lose touch with / missing / scattered / separated from
idle; leisurely; laid-back / Taiwan pr. [shu1san4]
to spread / to disperse / to disseminate
dispersed and lost
(of a theater) to empty / (of a show) to end
lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom); fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)
the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom) / to clear up / to vanish into thin air
(physics) to scatter
to disperse a meeting / to adjourn / finished
to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg)
nuclear proliferation
to disperse after a happy time (idiom) / everyone enjoys themselves to the full then party breaks up
day labor / piece-time work
to release from work at the end of the day
end of a show
free prose style
(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
digression
single seat (in theater) / irregular passenger (in rickshaw)
to squander / lost
coming together and separating / aggregation and dissipation
to divert oneself from melancholy
to fall apart / opera section in free rhythm
free and unfettered
undisciplined / unorganized
lit. to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to flee in all directions
to disband / to dismiss / demobilization
to drive away cares / to relieve boredom
to break up (a marriage, family etc)
(literary) idle; unemployed / (literary) (of writing) leisurely and verbose
scattered
(of a group of people) to live scattered over an area
to wander off / to stray / to get lost
loose and disorganized soldiers / stragglers / fig. a loner
all good things must come to an end (idiom)
to fall apart / exhaustion
sinecure
lit. clouds scatter, wind flows (idiom); the crisis settles down / people disperse home / things return to normal
(of smoke) to disperse; to dissipate / (of birds) to fly away in all directions
to assemble (goods, passengers etc from various locations) and dispatch (them)
spare parts / odds and ends
to dissipate / to squander
loose; ruffled; disheveled
to break up; to disband
verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing

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