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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *放* | 放* | *放
to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)
HSK 1
open; overt; public / to make public; to release
HSK 3
to push out / to release / to launch / to publish / to recommend
HSK 6
to publish; to issue; to release; to distribute
HSK 5
to release / to issue / to announce / to distribute
HSK 5
to release (a hostage) / to put back in place
to release from work at the end of the day
Zihui, Chinese character dictionary with 33,179 entries, released in 17th century
to let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow air (e.g. to dry one's hair) / (fig.) to brief sb informally; to leak or hint at information ahead of formal release
to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment; to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild
to release on bail / to bail
to be released on bail (law)
to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc)
to be released from prison
to leak out / to release (liquid or gas)
freed (from prison) / to obtain release
to unlock / to release
summary report / press release / brief
to release (a prisoner)
Xuexi Qiangguo, PRC app designed to teach Xi Jinping Thought, released in 2019
to sneak off; to slip away / (sports) to jump the gun; to make a false start / (fig.) to jump the gun; to start doing sth before it's allowed / (of a movie, game etc) to be leaked before the official release
wire copy / press release
to let go / to release
(of a film, TV drama etc) to be withdrawn from release; to be pulled from the release schedule
(of a film etc) to be set to be released on a specific date
to release from jail
to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner)
to break into jail / to forcibly release prisoners
to release flood water / flood discharge
partly released from productive labor / partly released from one's regular work
press release
to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge
HSK 7-9
release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (PRC)
to release / to let go / to loosen / to untie / to come loose
version / edition / release
(finance) (of a check) to bounce / (fig.) (of a product etc) to fail to be released on schedule
release paper; release liner
Douyin, Chinese app for creating and sharing short videos, released in its international version as TikTok
easily forgive, simply release (idiom); to let sb off scot free
to release / to set free / to allow (a person or an animal) to go / to liberate
to release breath / to deflate / to fart
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *释* | 释* | *释
to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼) / Buddhism
spy shot; leaked photo of a yet-to-be-released product
you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom) / one doesn't act before one is sure to succeed
to scratch one's foot / (fig.) to be stingy / (slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thumbs (i.e. not release any new material etc)
Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day)
(of a musician) to release an album
to release a statement
to release / to make available / to liberate / disengagement
camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release)
Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997
to release sb on bail
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纵* | 纵* | *纵
vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / (bound form) to release (a captive) / to indulge / to leap up / (literary) even if
ventilation / aeration / to keep each other informed / to release information
to release (an animal) into the wild
Ngawang Choephel (1966-), Tibetan musicologist and dissident, Fullbright scholar (1993-1994), jailed 1995-2002 then released to US
camera self-timer (for delayed shutter release)
to release from custody
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摴* | 摴* | *摴
dice / gambling / to release


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