释 shì

interprete, elucidate; release

HSK 4 #813

DEFINITIONS

  • interprete, elucidate
  • release
  • to explain
  • to release
  • Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2])
  • Buddhism

STROKES

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WORDS

解释 jiě shì
HSK 4
explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
释放 shì fàng
HSK 6
to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge
注释 zhù shì
HSK 6
marginal notes; annotation; to annotate; to add comments to text
爱不释手 ài bù shì shǒu
HSK 6
to love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly
假释 jiǎ shì parole
保释 bǎo shì to release on bail; to bail
诠释 quán shì to interpret; to comment and explain; to annotate; to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role); to decode; interpretation; annotation
释怀 shì huái to release (tension); relief (from suspense); to dispel (usu. with negative, unable to forget)
如释重负 rú shì zhòng fù as if relieved from a burden (idiom); to have a weight off one's mind
获释 huò shì freed (from prison); to obtain release
稀释 xī shì to dilute
开释 kāi shì to release (a prisoner)
释然 shì rán relieved; at ease; feel relieved
阐释 chǎn shì to explain; to expound; to interpret; elucidation
释义 shì yì the meaning of sth; an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases; definition; an interpretation (of doctrine); religious doctrine
手不释卷 shǒu bù shì juàn lit. always with a book in hand (idiom); fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
释迦牟尼 shì jiā móu ní Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism; Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)
释疑 shì yí to dispel doubts; to clear up difficulties
交保释放 jiāo bǎo shì fàng to release sb on bail
冰释 bīng shì to dispel (enmity, misunderstandings etc); to vanish (of misgivings, differences of opinion); thaw (in relations)
冰释前嫌 bīng shì qián xián to forget previous differences; to bury the hatchet
取保释放 qǔ bǎo shì fàng to be released on bail (law)
爱不忍释 ài bù rěn shì to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)
杯酒释兵权 bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán 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
校释 jiào shì to collate and annotate; (on book titles) collated and annotated
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