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HSK
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
to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
HSK 7-9
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)
(music) arpeggio
to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg)
lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there!
day labor / piece-time work
to release from work at the end of the day
to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate / scattered; sparse
HSK 7-9
to let everyone know / spread the word!
emergency evacuation
to distribute / to emit / to issue
HSK 7-9
to dissolve / to disband
HSK 7-9
all good things must come to an end (idiom)
(idiom) to part without hard feelings; to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
to fall apart / exhaustion
(of a theater) to empty / (of a show) to end
to disseminate
HSK 7-9
to disperse
powder medicine
to spread / to disperse / to disseminate
idle; leisurely; laid-back / Taiwan pr. [shu1san4]
laid back; leisurely / (of resources: workers, funds etc) unused; idle
to disperse / to scatter in all directions
to separate / to disperse
to be scattered and lost
lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action
(physics) to scatter
shot (for a shotgun); canister shot
to disperse after a happy time (idiom) / everyone enjoys themselves to the full then party breaks up
discrete mathematics
distributed
lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to head off in various directions / to flee helter-skelter
astigmatism
to diffuse light
to dissipate
mixed martial arts
to waft (through the air); to drift
scatter plot
(plant) evapotranspiration
(idiom) (of marriage or business partners) to break up; to separate
lit. like a sheet of loose sand / fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
spare parts / odds and ends
to disband / (of a partnership, group etc) to break up
undisciplined / unorganized
distribution center
lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom) / fig. to be frightened stiff / spooked out of one's mind / terror-stricken
to spill out
end of a show
individual (shareholder) / the small investor
to wander off / to stray / to get lost
to lie scattered (over an area) / Taiwan pr. [san4 luo4]
to disperse / to fall scattered / to sprinkle
scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization
to dissipate heat
end of school
single seat (in theater) / irregular passenger (in rickshaw)
random jottings / travel notes
lit. to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to flee in all directions
foxhole (military)
to squander / lost
bokeh (photography)
radiator (for heating a room) / radiator (for cooling an engine)
to scatter in all directions
to slacken / lax / slack / disorganized
(of a nation, government etc) demoralized / disunited
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)
(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
indolent; negligent; slack
in disorder / messy / Taiwan pr. [san4 luan4]
to divert oneself from melancholy
free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)
farewell dinner party
loose and disorganized soldiers / stragglers / fig. a loner
(of gas, liquid, toxins, heat etc) to escape; to dissipate
to disperse (a crowd etc) / (fig.) to dispel (misgivings etc)
wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM) / poria five powder / Hoelen five powder / five ling powder
verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing
to disperse a meeting / to adjourn / finished
to lose touch with / missing / scattered / separated from
FIT (free independent traveler); individual traveler (as opposed to one who travels with a group)
to part on bad terms / (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord
(Tw) Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
a family wrenched apart (idiom)
to hash / hashing (computing)
loose powder (makeup)
exosphere
dispersed and lost
scattered bandits
seen periodically
to scatter like birds and beasts

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