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

心機 lí xīn jī centrifuge
情別緒 lí qíng bié xù sad feeling at separation (idiom)
愁 lí chóu parting sorrow; pain of separation
散 lí sàn (of family members) separated from one another; scattered about; dispersed; (math.) discrete
散性 lí sàn xìng discreteness
散數學 lí sàn shù xué discrete mathematics
棄 lí qì to abandon
歌 lí gē (sad) farewell song
港 lí gǎng to leave harbor; departure (at airport)
港大廳 lí gǎng dà tīng departure lounge
獨 lí dú to be divorced
異 lí yì to divorce
石 lí shí Lishi district of Lüliang city 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu:3 liang2 shi4], Shanxi 山西
石區 lí shí qū Lishi district of Lüliang city 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu:3 liang2 shi4], Shanxi 山西
索 lí suǒ (literary) desolate and lonely
經叛道 lí jīng pàn dào to rebel against orthodoxy; to depart from established practices
線 lí xiàn offline (computing)
職 lí zhí to retire; to leave office; to quit a job
苦得樂 lí kǔ dé lè to abandon suffering and obtain happiness (Buddhism)
譜 lí pǔ excessive; beyond reasonable limits; irregular
貳 lí èr to defect; to be disloyal
鄉背井 lí xiāng bèi jǐng to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
開 lí kāi to depart; to leave
開人世 lí kāi rén shì to die; to leave this world
開故鄉 lí kāi gù xiāng to leave one's homeland