leave, depart; go away; separate

DEFINITIONS

離 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

WORDS

遇合 liú lí yù hé to reunite after being homeless refugees
顛沛 liú lí diān pèi destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means
死別 shēng lí sǐ bié separated in life and death; to part for ever
shū lí to become alienated; estranged; alienation; disaffection; set wide apart
眾叛親 zhòng pàn qīn lí lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom); fig. to find oneself utterly isolated
短距 duǎn jù lí short distance; a stone's throw away
碳隔 tàn gé lí carbon sequestration
種族隔 zhǒng zú gé lí apartheid
子體 děng lí zǐ tǐ plasma (physics)
背井鄉 bèi jǐng lí xiāng to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
bèi lí to depart from; to deviate from; deviation
tuō lí to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)
危險 tuō lí wēi xiǎn out of danger; to avoid danger
苦海 tuō lí kǔ hǎi to escape from the abyss of suffering; to shed off a wretched plight
自動合 zì dòng lí hé automatic clutch
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
萬變不其宗 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
jiě lí dissociation; to break up a chemical compound into its elements
性人格疾患 jiě lí xìng rén gé jí huàn dissociative identity disorder; multiple personality disorder
調虎山 diào hǔ lí shān to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom); to lure an enemy away from his territory
貌合心 mào hé xīn lí the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement
貌合神 mào hé shén lí the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement
子 fù lí zǐ negative ion; anion (physics)
資產剝 zī chǎn bō lí asset stripping
jù lí distance; CL:個|个[ge4]; to be apart from