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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *任* | 任* | *任
to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
HSK 3
free (of charge)
HSK 4
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  *空* | 空* | *空
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
HSK 4
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  *放* | 放* | *放
to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)
HSK 1
to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind
HSK 1
freedom; liberty / free; unrestricted
HSK 2
(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
HSK 5
unobstructed; unimpeded; free-flowing; smooth
HSK 6
(idiom) to be free of worldly desires and ambitions; to neither want nor seek (fame, profit, material gain etc)
solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth)
HSK 6
to pad an order; to add extra items to an order so as to reach the minimum spend required to use a coupon, get a discount or qualify for free shipping
to remove / to sack / to get rid of / to relieve (sb of their duties) / to free / to lift (an embargo) / to rescind (an agreement)
HSK 5
spacious; roomy; uncrowded / (of clothes) loose and comfortable / relaxed; free of worry / well-off; affluent
HSK 7-9
to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *白* | 白* | *白
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挣* | 挣* | *挣
to struggle to get free / to strive to acquire / to make (money)
HSK 5
to fall apart / opera section in free rhythm
free; no charge; at no cost
HSK 7-9
free from worry and disturbance
confident and at ease / free and easy
HSK 7-9
ice-free port / open port
(football) set piece (a restart of play following a stoppage, including free kicks, corner kicks, penalty kicks, goal kicks and throw-ins)
spare time / free time
HSK 3
firmly-based / steady / steadfast / to have peace of mind / free from anxiety / Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2]
HSK 6
happy; entirely free from worry
HSK 7-9
peaceful / tranquil / calm / composed / free from worry
HSK 7-9
to give for free
to let go one's hold / to give up / to have a free hand
buy one, get one free / two for the price of one
leisurely and free (idiom) / carefree and at ease
free port
there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
duty-free district / tariff-free zone / bonded area
to let a customer have (a product or service) free of charge; to waive payment; to comp
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *漫* | 漫* | *漫
free / unrestrained / to inundate
HSK 7-9
not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) / tax free / duty free (shop)
calmly / without qualms / free from worry / safe and sound
to sleep soundly / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
to throw off / to struggle free of / Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1]
to get away / to escape (from obligations) / to free oneself / to disengage
HSK 7-9
vehicle that gives one a free ride / (fig.) (ride on sb's) coattails; (take advantage of) an opportunity
bold and unconstrained / powerful and free
free kick (football); free throw (handball); free hit (field hockey)
free school (old)
corner kick (in soccer) / free strike in hockey
not to be charged for admission / (to be admitted) for free / free pass
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
to provide free medical treatment / to provide medical treatment, donating consultation fees to a charitable cause
to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted)
Free Hugs Campaign
to squander money / extravagant / prodigal / free and easy / agile
gluten-free diet
free to come and go (idiom) / to have room to maneuver
to not take to heart / to be free of worried thoughts / to adopt a lighthearted perspective / lighthearted
to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty
HSK 7-9
to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style
free and easy (idiom); carefree / leisurely
HSK 7-9
rust-resistant iron (an informal term for certain nickel-free stainless steels, usually of lower quality and less corrosion-resistant than true stainless steel such as 304 or 316)
freed (from prison) / to obtain release
(Tw) car-free zone / pedestrian zone
painless; pain-free
free market
leisure / free time / unoccupied / not in use
leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笙* | 笙* | *笙
sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
free and at ease; natural; unconstrained
free trade zone / free trade area
free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)
Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China")
to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire
leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease
free radical
idle / free time / leisure
to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free
free verse in the vernacular
a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line
free and unconstrained (idiom) / leisurely and carefree
a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression
free will
hands-free (telephone function)
free trade
the Schengen area, a passport-free zone in Europe
free enterprise (in capitalist theory)
lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell / to free oneself from a life of torture
it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble)
free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered / unbuttoned / without care or worries
gluten-free
to live (somewhere) for free
leisure; spare time / (of a person) free; unoccupied / (of equipment, rooms etc) unused; idle; vacant
to have free rein (idiom)
(thermodynamics) free energy
there is no gain without a loss (idiom) / there is no such thing as a free meal
free agency
to choose by oneself / free to choose / optional / self-service
feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse
interest-free
Radio Free Asia
liberalization / freeing (from sth)
(of a product, service etc) free for a limited time (abbr. for 限時免費|限时免费)

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