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  *松* | 松* | *松
loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
HSK 4
to exercise; to move about; to work out / shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) / movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc) / (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项) / to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
HSK 2
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  *宽* | 宽* | *宽
wide / broad / loose / relaxed / lenient
HSK 4
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  *肥* | 肥* | *肥
fat / fertile / loose-fitting or large / to fertilize / to become rich by illegal means / fertilizer / manure
HSK 4
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  *撒* | 撒* | *撒
to let go / to cast / to let loose / to discharge / to give expression to / (coll.) to pee
HSK 7-9
spacious; roomy; uncrowded / (of clothes) loose and comfortable / relaxed; free of worry / well-off; affluent
HSK 7-9
not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place
loose tobacco; fine-cut tobacco / (literary) wisp of smoke; thin strand of smoke
loose tobacco; fine-cut tobacco
distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose
HSK 7-9
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  *散* | 散* | *散
scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine
HSK 5
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  *笊* | 笊* | *笊
loosely woven bamboo ladle
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
loose / flaking
loose / slack / (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice) / to give some slack / (of a place) not crowded
not knowing what to do next / at a loose end
embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc / purse / pocket (in clothing)
(of clothes) baggy; loose / (of a person) fat; stout / (medicine) hypertrophy
to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place
loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
to relax / loose / not consolidated / not rigorous
Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
loose socks / baggy socks
loose goods / goods sold open / draft (of beer, as opposed to bottled)
loose (soil, or limbs of a relaxed person etc) / flaky (pastry etc)
plethora of things to tackle / multitude of loose ends / very complicated / chaotic
flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil)
Group of 77, loose alliance of developing countries, founded in 1964
In order to capture, one must let loose. / to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
loose woman / prostitute / Jezebel
Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
loose-tongued
to release / to let go / to loosen / to untie / to come loose
mesenchyme (loosely organized embryonic connective tissue)
broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut
to have loose lips
loose woman
facing imminent catastrophe / calamity looms / all hell will break loose
please take off your coat (honorific) / loose-fitting garment
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  *繐* | 繐* | *繐
fine and loose cloth / tassel
loose and disorganized soldiers / stragglers / fig. a loner
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  *繠* | 繠* | *繠
dangle / hang loosely
(idiom) (of a woman) promiscuous; loose
poor / sloppy / unconcerned / heedless / lax / unimportant / trivial / loose / porous
(textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn) (sometimes used loosely to mean thread count)
to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come
to have a loose tongue
(coll.) to break loose / to shake off responsibility
loose powder (makeup)
to leave loose ends / to leave matters unresolved
lit. like a sheet of loose sand / fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
loose woman / slut
stone roller used to compact loose soil after sowing seeds
loose or defective contact (elec.)
doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free
Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义)
to have a loose tongue / talkative
morally loose, lewd and low, lascivious and mean / wanton
green sauce; pesto (loosely used for sauces made with green herbs)
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  *旷* | 旷* | *旷
to neglect / to skip (class or work) / to waste (time) / vast / loose-fitting
loose; ruffled; disheveled
loose woman; slut
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  *砘* | 砘* | *砘
(agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds / stone roller used for this purpose
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  *褒* | 褒* | *褒
to praise / to commend / to honor / (of clothes) large or loose
loquacious / to have a loose tongue
loose-fitting pants / Chinese-style pants
undisciplined / loose / slack
small sum of money / loose change / Cantonese equivalent of 零錢|零钱
loose in morals / lascivious / licentious / lewd
hanging down loosely; dangling in disorder
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  *褕* | 褕* | *褕
loose garment


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