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reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of
to pursue relentlessly
bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb / undaunted by perils
to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
dormitory / dorm room / living quarters / hostel / CL: 間|间
HSK 5
house / building
farmhouse
to give up / to abandon / to abort
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
dormitory roommate
to incarnate into sb else's body
cottage
Champs Élysées
farmhouse
(math.) to round up or down / to round off
to give up / to part with
to abandon / to give up
(humble) my younger sister
to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
pig shed
to break into a house for robbery (idiom)
(idiom) the whole neighborhood
neighbor / person next door
house / residence
my humble home
kennel
school building / school / (Tw) student dormitory
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to give up; to abandon / to give alms
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surname She
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(bound form) residence; house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li
ashes of cremated Buddha
inn; small hotel; hostel
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
reluctant to part
HSK 7-9
reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
HSK 7-9
Lao She (1899–1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist
cottage / hut
neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work
to give one's life
to provide alms and rice (idiom)
(idiom) absentminded; dazed; distracted
(Buddhism) relic found in the cremated ashes of Buddhists (from Sanskrit "śarīra")
to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth / to persevere / unflagging efforts
to give in charity / to give alms (to the poor)
dormitory building / CL: ,
to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge
HSK 5
lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom) / fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
ancient office title / rich and important person
house / residence
to be willing to part with sth
HSK 5
to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people / altruism
(neologism c. 2012) decluttering; minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")
to abandon / to lay down
to risk one's life
selfless / self-sacrifice (to help others) / self-renunciation / altruism
to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
kennel
my humble home
lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid
to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited
see 舍利
(name) Fisher or Fischer
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
Kusha-shū (Japanese Buddhism school)
to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity / skinflint / miserly
Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic
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
Avenue des Champs-Élysées
to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) / to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
(humble) my younger brother
(Buddishm) stupa, mound-shaped monument containing Buddhist relics such as śarīra 舍利
school building / school
(name) Fisher or Fischer
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
school building
chicken coop
youth hostel
matron
places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc)
(Charlene) Barshefsky, US trade negotiator
to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)
Nova Scotia province, Canada
to be preoccupied (idiom) / to be inattentive / to be frightened out of one's mind
rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck
brick house with a tiled roof
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old variant of 捨|舍


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