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HSK
to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate / scattered; sparse
HSK 7-9
to dredge / to open up a path for / to remove obstructions / to clear the way / to enlighten / persuasion
HSK 7-9
to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text)
HSK 7-9
to neglect / to overlook / negligence / carelessness
HSK 7-9
idle; leisurely; laid-back / Taiwan pr. [shu1san4]
sparse / infrequent / thinly spread
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surname Shu
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to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation
to dredge
to drift apart / to become estranged / to alienate / estrangement
to mediate / to mitigate / to ease / to relieve
to become alienated / estranged / alienation / disaffection / set wide apart
inaccurate / slipshod / poorly thought-out / distant / vague / long-separated / broadly scattered
close and distant (relatives)
Shule ancient name for modern Kashgar / Shule county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
to fail to pay sufficient attention to / to be negligent in regard to / to be lacking in
uninhibited / unrestrained / unbridled
unfamiliar / strange / out of practice / not accustomed
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
to loosen
Shufu county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
commentary and subcommentary (of a book)
(humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...
to slip up; to overlook by negligence / careless omission; oversight
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variant of
coarse / rough / careless
eccentric / self-indulgent / free and unconventional (written style) / unbuttoned
to make a (careless) mistake / oversight
to be out of practice / rusty
shallow / empty
indolent / careless
sparse / scattered
to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom); fig. generous in helping the needy
osteoporosis
(of a court official) to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
(poetic depiction of plum blossom)
to course the liver and rectify 氣|气 (TCM)
osteoporosis
sparse / blurred / old for 楚楚 / neat / lovely
to clarify (disparate material into a coherent narrative) / to marshal an argument
Shule county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
careless and rash / heedless
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
to thin fruit (to increase fruit size etc)
emergency evacuation
(idiom) unable to plan; inept at strategy
large though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice
negligence / to neglect inadvertently
lit. casual aquaintances should not come between relatives / blood is thicker than water (idiom)
to prune
Shule, oasis state in central Asia (near modern Kashgar) at different historical periods
oversight / negligence / careless / negligent / not concentrating on the main point
to neglect one's duties
to dredge / to dig out (a channel)
evacuation / measures to evacuate a building in an emergency
to neglect to take precautions / relaxed vigilance
little water and few utensils / to live a frugal life (idiom)
sparse / thin / distant
distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom); fig. to give generously in a public cause
facilitation payment / bribe
to disperse
Shufu county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone / all possible relations
medical negligence / medical malpractice


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