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

心机 lí xīn jī centrifuge
层 diàn lí céng ionosphere
颠沛流 diān pèi liú lí homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
乡背井 lí xiāng bèi jǐng to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
若即若 ruò jí ruò lí lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom); fig. to keep one's distance; (of a relationship) lukewarm; vague
貌合神 mào hé shén lí the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement
休 lí xiū to retire; to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres)
悲欢合 bēi huān lí hé joys and sorrows; partings and reunions; the vicissitudes of life
子 zhèng lí zǐ positive ion; cation (physics)
万变不其宗 wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
子 fù lí zǐ negative ion; anion (physics)
子 yīn lí zǐ negative ion; anion (physics)
子 yáng lí zǐ positive ion; cation (physics)
难舍难 nán shě nán lí loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
三句话不本行 sān jù huà bù lí běn háng to talk shop all the time (idiom)
不即不 bù jí bù lí to be neither too familiar nor too distant; to keep sb at arm's length
不可分 bù kě fēn lí inseparable
不大 bù dà lí pretty close; just about right; not bad; same as 差不多
不大儿 bù dà lí r erhua variant of 不大離|不大离[bu4 da4 li2]
不弃 bù lí bù qì to stand by (sb) (idiom); steadfast loyalty
儿 bù lí r not bad; pretty good; pretty close
guāi lí to part; to separate; to deviate
二氧化碳隔 èr yǎng huà tàn gé lí carbon sequestration; carbon dioxide sequestration
偏差距 piān chā jù lí offset distance
传输距 chuán shū jù lí transmission distance