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HSK
explanation / to explain / to interpret / to resolve / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible
HSK 7-9
the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine
to dilute
to interpret / to comment and explain / to annotate / to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role) / to decode / interpretation / annotation
to annotate; to add a comment / explanatory note; annotation
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  *释* | 释* | *释
to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼) / Buddhism
to explain / to expound / to interpret / elucidation
to let go / to loosen one's grip / to put sth down
Shakya, an ethnicity and clan of the northeast of South Asia to which the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) belonged / the Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼, Shakyamuni, which means "the Sage of the Shakyas")
sugar apple (Annona squamosa)
parole
interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script
as if relieved from a burden (idiom) / to have a weight off one's mind
to release on bail / to bail
to get over (a traumatic experience, misgivings etc)
Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
to dispel doubts / to clear up difficulties
to dispel (enmity, misunderstandings etc) / to vanish (of misgivings, differences of opinion) / thaw (in relations)
freed (from prison) / to obtain release
relieved / at ease / feel relieved
variant of 注釋|注释
to release (a prisoner)
Buddhism
to dispel (doubts) / to clear up (misunderstanding)
(idiom) to melt away; to dissipate; to vanish
Buddhist doctrine / sutras
to read and interpret ancient texts / to decipher
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
to release / to make available / to liberate / disengagement
to stop reading
"Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning
to forget bad feelings; to mend a relationship
to release from custody
interpreter (computing)
to interpret the law
to explain / to interpret / interpretation
Buddhism / a Buddhist
another name for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼佛|释迦牟尼佛, the historical Buddha
exegesis / explanation of classic text
(literary) to be reassured / not to worry
to dispel (doubts)
to explain in simple terms
to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
(idiom) to solve a problem / to resolve a difficult issue
thermoluminescence
true explanation / genuine reason
to release from jail
Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
to release sb on bail
(idiom) to forget previous differences; to bury the hatchet
to be released on bail (law)
to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)
to collate and annotate / (on book titles) collated and annotated
a brief explanation / to summarize
to forget former enmity (idiom)
interpreted (computer)
hermeneutics
metadata
Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
atemoya, hybrid of the cherimoya (Annona cherimola) and the sugar apple (Annona squamosa): a tree grown in tropical regions of the Americas and in Taiwan for its edible fruit


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