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to scatter / to disperse / to distribute
HSK 4
(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
HSK 5
to take a walk; to go for a walk
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *散* | 散* | *散
to scatter / to break up (a meeting etc) / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack
HSK 4
to fall apart / opera section in free rhythm
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *散* | 散* | *散
scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine
HSK 5
to disperse in confusion (idiom)
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
(music) arpeggio
to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg)
to dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc)
laid back; leisurely / (of resources: workers, funds etc) unused; idle
(idiom) (of marriage or business partners) to break up; to separate
to distribute / to emit / to issue
HSK 7-9
day labor / piece-time work
to release from work at the end of the day
shotgun
to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate / scattered; sparse
HSK 7-9
to dissolve / to disband
HSK 7-9
(of a nation, government etc) demoralized / disunited
lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to head off in various directions / to flee helter-skelter
(idiom) to part without hard feelings; to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
to fall apart / exhaustion
to disperse / to diverge
to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
HSK 7-9
lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there!
random jottings / travel notes
nuclear proliferation
When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause / Rats leave a sinking ship.
scatter plot
(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
radiator (for heating a room) / radiator (for cooling an engine)
with dishevelled hair (idiom) / with one's hair down
prose poem
to disperse a meeting / to adjourn / finished
to disperse after a happy time (idiom) / everyone enjoys themselves to the full then party breaks up
to disseminate
HSK 7-9
free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)
to waft (through the air); to drift
farewell dinner party
to dissipate heat
(of troops) to be routed and dispersed
to disperse
individual (shareholder) / the small investor
lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
to spread / to disperse / to disseminate
idle; leisurely; laid-back / Taiwan pr. [shu1san4]
to relax / loose / not consolidated / not rigorous
to disperse / to scatter in all directions
to be scattered and lost
(physics) to scatter
disheveled
distributed
(of family members) separated from one another; scattered about; dispersed / (math.) discrete
astigmatism
to diffuse light
(of a theater) to empty / (of a show) to end
loose goods / goods sold open / draft (of beer, as opposed to bottled)
to dissipate
mixed martial arts
to be totally dispersed (crowd)
radiation scattering
discrete mathematics
indolent; negligent; slack
to divert one's mind from boredom (idiom)
exosphere
(plant) evapotranspiration
spare parts / odds and ends
to disband / (of a partnership, group etc) to break up
to divert oneself from melancholy
undisciplined / unorganized
free and unfettered
fruit dispersal
distribution center
to spill out
thermal grease
tour group assembly and dispatch center
to wander off / to stray / to get lost
the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom) / to clear up / to vanish into thin air
to break up; to disband
to lie scattered (over an area) / Taiwan pr. [san4 luo4]
to disperse / to fall scattered / to sprinkle
lit. clouds scatter, wind flows (idiom); the crisis settles down / people disperse home / things return to normal
to part on bad terms / (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord
end of school
scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization
single seat (in theater) / irregular passenger (in rickshaw)
end of a show
foxhole (military)
to squander / lost
bokeh (photography)
nuclear nonproliferation
to scatter in all directions
Hosanna (in Christian praise)
end of a banquet
bulk baijiu (i.e. clear Chinese liquor) (abbr. for 散裝白酒|散装白酒)
emergency evacuation
even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)

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