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


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