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explanation / to explain / to interpret / to resolve / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
parole
true explanation / genuine reason
to release on bail / to bail
to be released on bail (law)
as if relieved from a burden (idiom) / to have a weight off one's mind
to explain / to expound / to interpret / elucidation
freed (from prison) / to obtain release
the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine
to release (a prisoner)
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible
HSK 7-9
Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
to dilute
to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
to annotate; to add a comment / explanatory note; annotation
to dispel (enmity, misunderstandings etc) / to vanish (of misgivings, differences of opinion) / thaw (in relations)
to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)
interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script
to forget bad feelings; to mend a relationship
to release from jail
Shakya, an ethnicity and clan of the northeast of South Asia to which the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) belonged / the Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼, Shakyamuni, which means "the Sage of the Shakyas")
sugar apple (Annona squamosa)
interpreter (computing)
to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to forget previous differences; to bury the hatchet
to interpret / to comment and explain / to annotate / to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role) / to decode / interpretation / annotation
to get over (a traumatic experience, misgivings etc)
interpreted (computer)
atemoya, hybrid of the cherimoya (Annona cherimola) and the sugar apple (Annona squamosa): a tree grown in tropical regions of the Americas and in Taiwan for its edible fruit
(literary) to be reassured / not to worry
Buddhism
to collate and annotate / (on book titles) collated and annotated
(idiom) to melt away; to dissipate; to vanish
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  *释* | 释* | *释
to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼) / Buddhism
to let go / to loosen one's grip / to put sth down
relieved / at ease / feel relieved
to dispel (doubts) / to clear up (misunderstanding)
thermoluminescence
hermeneutics
(idiom) to solve a problem / to resolve a difficult issue
another name for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼佛|释迦牟尼佛, the historical Buddha
to release / to make available / to liberate / disengagement
to stop reading
exegesis / explanation of classic text
to interpret the law
to dispel doubts / to clear up difficulties
to forget former enmity (idiom)
to release sb on bail
Buddhist doctrine / sutras
to read and interpret ancient texts / to decipher
Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) / Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
(formal) to dispel (doubts); to allay (concerns)
metadata
to explain / to interpret / interpretation
to explain in simple terms
a brief explanation / to summarize
to release from custody
"Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning
Buddhism / a Buddhist
variant of 注釋|注释


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