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HSK
to feel relieved / to feel reassured / to be at ease
HSK 2
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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 lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
HSK 2
to have a holiday or vacation
HSK 1
to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality
HSK 3
to relax; to slacken; to loosen
HSK 4
to enlarge / to magnify
HSK 5
to liberate / to emancipate / liberation / refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 / CL:
HSK 5
to dismiss students at the end of the school day
HSK 1
to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)
HSK 3
to renounce; to abandon; to give up
HSK 5
to deposit / to store / to leave in sb's care
HSK 7-9
to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
HSK 7-9
to show (a movie) / to screen
HSK 7-9
to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth
HSK 7-9
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game
HSK 7-9
to arrange in order / to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen
HSK 7-9
radioactive
to indulge / to pamper / to connive at / permissive / indulgent / self-indulgent / unrestrained / undisciplined / uncultured / boorish
HSK 7-9
to blossom
HSK 7-9
wanton / unbridled / presumptuous / impudent
HSK 7-9
to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
People's Liberation Army
to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go
to replay / to play back
to put sth on the market
Serf Liberation Day (PRC)
to let go one's hold / to give up / to have a free hand
to park (a car etc) / to moor (a boat etc) / to leave sth (in a place)
HSK 7-9
(PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the central government and privatize smaller SOEs at the local level
to let pass
War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 took over from the Nationalists 國民政府|国民政府 under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
to put in / to insert
to provide / to give / to grant
HSK 6
to survey / to view broadly
to devolve authority to lower levels
to let off / to give out
bold and unconstrained / powerful and free
to put
HSK 7-9
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity
extroverted / outgoing / to play audio through speakers (rather than through earphones) / (old) to appoint to a post outside the capital
to light / to set off (firecrackers etc)
HSK 7-9
to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression
to be on summer vacation
very loudly / at the top of one's voice
to act boldly
power amplifier (abbr. for 功率放大器)
Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)
to release sb on bail
extensive / expansive / large-scale
to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge
HSK 7-9
to wail loudly and mournfully (idiom)
to burst with joy (idiom) / to be over the moon / to be elated
playlist
to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc)
to let (sb) off / to let (sb) get away with sth
to open fire / to shoot a gun
to input / to throw in / to unload / to put into circulation
NHK (Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai), Japanese national broadcasting company
to ease up the pace / to slow things down
bold and unrestrained / untrammeled
to stand sb up / to bail on sb
to have free rein (idiom)
carbon emissions; carbon dioxide emissions
to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment) / to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill
to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire
in full bloom
cinema room / viewing room
People's Liberation Army (PLA), the unified armed forces of the People's Republic of China
tape player / video player / (media) player / play-only device
to shine brightly / (fig.) to show promise / to be on the up and up
to lower / to be humble
to fart / to break wind / to talk nonsense / Utter rubbish!
licentious / wanton / morally unrestrained
scaling / resizing / zoom (graphics)
use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
to provide loans
cannot stop worrying
open systems interconnection / OSI
radioactive decay
to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
to lay down a heavy burden
to coast along in neutral gear (in a car) / (coll.) to go commando
to pay attention to / to care about / to attach importance to
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
to act wickedly / to bully / to make life difficult for sb by unreasonable actions
to care about / to take seriously / to take to heart
to radiate / radioactive
to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance
to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol
to set up; to arrange; to lay out
HSK 7-9
to pile up; to stack
to lend money (for interest); to give credit
to graze (livestock) / to herd (livestock)
to exile / to banish / to deport / to float (logs) downstream

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