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to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge
HSK 5
to be willing to part with sth
HSK 5
reluctant to part
HSK 7-9
reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
HSK 7-9
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to give up; to abandon / to give alms
reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of
to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
to give one's life
to give up / to abandon / to abort
(math.) to round up or down / to round off
to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth / to persevere / unflagging efforts
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
to give up / to part with
to risk one's life
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb / undaunted by perils
to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism
to abandon / to give up
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
to give in charity / to give alms (to the poor)
to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) / to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity / skinflint / miserly
to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people / altruism
to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited
(neologism c. 2012) decluttering; minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")
to pursue relentlessly
selfless / self-sacrifice (to help others) / self-renunciation / altruism
to abandon / to lay down
one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things
one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb) / to a fearless person, no fence is high enough
to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)
rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck
to provide alms and rice (idiom)
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate


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