rare beast; strange; elegant

HSK 2 #418

DEFINITIONS

离 lí
  • surname Li
  • to leave
  • to part from
  • to be away from
  • (in giving distances) from
  • without (sth)
  • independent of
  • one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire
离 chī
  • mythical beast (archaic)

STROKES

WORDS

bō lí to peel; to strip; to peel off; to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc)
shǐ lí to steer (the plane) away from; to drive away (from a place); to leave
bié lí to take leave of; to leave; separation
yóu lí to disassociate; to drift away; to leave (a collective); free (component)
背井乡 bèi jǐng lí xiāng to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
间 lí jiàn to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc)
队 lí duì to leave one's post
经叛道 lí jīng pàn dào to rebel against orthodoxy; to depart from established practices
题 lí tí to digress; to stray from the subject
挑拨间 tiǎo bō lí jiàn to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
短距 duǎn jù lí short distance; a stone's throw away
扑朔迷 pū shuò mí lí impossible to unravel; confusing
失所 liú lí shī suǒ destitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about; displaced
长距 cháng jù lí long distance
八九不十 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close; very near; about right
pàn lí to betray; to desert; to defect from; to turn renegade
子体 děng lí zǐ tǐ plasma (physics)
心 lí xīn to be at odds with; centrifugal (force)
差不 chà bù lí not much different; similar; ordinary; nearly
光怪陆 guāng guài lù lí monstrous and multicolored; grotesque and variegated
死别 shēng lí sǐ bié separated in life and death; to part for ever
心力 lí xīn lì centrifugal force
散 lí sàn (of family members) separated from one another; scattered about; dispersed; (math.) discrete
diàn lí ion; ionized (e.g. gas)
任 lí rèn to leave office; to leave one's post