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to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge
HSK 5
dormitory / dorm room / living quarters / hostel / CL: 間|间
HSK 5
to be willing to part with sth
HSK 5
cattery (cat-breeding establishment)
reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
HSK 7-9
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
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
reluctant to part
HSK 7-9
to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of
house / building
dormitory roommate
cottage
farmhouse
(humble) my younger sister
Avenue des Champs-Élysées
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited
to break into a house for robbery (idiom)
house / residence
my humble home
neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work
to incarnate into sb else's body
kennel
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *舍* | 舍* | *舍
surname She
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *舍* | 舍* | *舍
(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
bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb / undaunted by perils
ashes of cremated Buddha
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
(neologism c. 2012) decluttering; minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")
inn; small hotel; hostel
(idiom) the whole neighborhood
to give up / to abandon / to abort
Lao She (1899–1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist
cottage / hut
neighbor / person next door
(idiom) absentminded; dazed; distracted
(Buddhism) relic found in the cremated ashes of Buddhists (from Sanskrit "śarīra")
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
ancient office title / rich and important person
house / residence
Champs Élysées
to give up / to part with
(math.) to round up or down / to round off
kennel
my humble home
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
to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people / altruism
to abandon / to lay down
see 舍利
to risk one's life
to pursue relentlessly
(Charlene) Barshefsky, US trade negotiator
to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism
pig shed
farmhouse
chicken coop
to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) / to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
Kusha-shū (Japanese Buddhism school)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捨* | 捨* | *捨
to give up; to abandon / to give alms
school building / school
places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc)
(name) Fisher or Fischer
Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic
rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck
matron
dormitory building / CL: ,
(humble) my younger brother
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
(Buddhism) stupa, mound-shaped monument containing Buddhist relics such as śarīra 舍利
to give one's life
to provide alms and rice (idiom)
to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
school building
youth hostel
to give in charity / to give alms (to the poor)
school building / school / (Tw) student dormitory
to abandon / to give up
to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)
(name) Fisher or Fischer
Nova Scotia province, Canada
to be preoccupied (idiom) / to be inattentive / to be frightened out of one's mind
to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity / skinflint / miserly
brick house with a tiled roof
selfless / self-sacrifice (to help others) / self-renunciation / altruism
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *舍* | 舍* | *舍
old variant of 捨|舍
lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom) / fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life


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