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

間 lí jiàn to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc)
隊 lí duì to leave one's post
光光 lí lí guāng guāng lackluster (look)
題 lí tí to digress; to stray from the subject
騷 lí sāo Sorrow at Parting, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原 in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
難捨難 nán shě nán lí loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
零距 líng jù lí zero distance; face-to-face
diàn lí ion; ionized (e.g. gas)
室 diàn lí shì ionization chamber
層 diàn lí céng ionosphere
輻射 diàn lí fú shè ionization radiation; nuclear radiation
顛沛流 diān pèi liú lí homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
shǐ lí to steer (the plane) away from; to drive away (from a place); to leave
qū lí to drive away; to dispel
中距 zhōng jù lí medium-range