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散
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Definitions
- 1. to scatter
- 2. to break up (a meeting etc)
- 3. to disperse
- 4. to disseminate
- 5. to dispel
- 6. (coll.) to sack
Example Sentences
1 shown散 開！
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 散
to fall apart
backscatter
lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
to slacken
small sum of money
scattered
to lie scattered (over an area)
to disseminate
to let everyone know
sinecure
to fall apart
lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom)
spare parts
to defocus
single seat (in theater)
to disperse in confusion (idiom)
to drive away cares
distribution center
to separate
diffuse medium (liquid or gas)
the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom)
loose; ruffled; disheveled
in disorder
to vanish like smoke in thin air
to disperse
to squander
to part on bad terms
a family wrenched apart (idiom)
to lose touch with
powder medicine
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
to distribute
to dissipate heat
to scatter
to waft (through the air); to drift
(of a theater) to empty
verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing
undisciplined
digression
to hash
(of family members) separated from one another; scattered about; dispersed
distributed
nuclear proliferation
radiator (for heating a room)
day labor
severance pay
coming together and separating
radiation scattering
tour group assembly and dispatch center
dispersal
(idiom) (of marriage or business partners) to break up; to separate
heat sink
to disperse
to assemble (goods, passengers etc from various locations) and dispatch (them)
(of gas, liquid, toxins, heat etc) to escape; to dissipate
scattered sand
(of a group of people) to live scattered over an area
to disperse
to have a stroll
(of smoke) to disperse; to dissipate
to spread
to dissipate
even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
see 一哄而散[yī hōng ér sàn]
to part without hard feelings (idiom)
to dissolve
shotgun
to scatter
loose-fitting pants
apron (sloping brickwork to disperse water)
foxhole (military)
laid back; leisurely
to break up; to disband
to divert oneself from melancholy
astigmatism
(of troops) to be routed and dispersed
all good things must come to an end (idiom)
stragglers
bokeh (photography)
loose goods
free and unfettered
random jottings
dispersed and lost
lit. like a sheet of loose sand
nuclear nonproliferation
mixed martial arts
(plant) evapotranspiration
to diffuse light
to disperse a meeting
indolent; negligent; slack
loose powder (makeup)
to release from work at the end of the day
(of a nation, government etc) demoralized
prose poem
scattering of bundle (of electrons in vacuum tube)
lit. to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
end of school
poria five powder
with dishevelled hair (idiom)
gaseous diffusion
seen periodically
unemployed and idle
free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)
(literary) idle; unemployed
to spill out
lit. clouds scatter, wind flows (idiom); the crisis settles down
discreteness
see 天下沒有不散的筵席|天下没有不散的筵席[tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí]
end of a show
to disperse (a crowd etc)
to scatter
to retreat and scatter
exosphere
to disband
scatter plot
discrete mathematics
to scatter money
to be totally dispersed (crowd)
to divert one's mind from boredom (idiom)
scattered bandits
to disband
lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom)
farewell dinner party
lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom); fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)
to scatter in all directions
When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause
to scatter; to disperse
easygoing
fruit dispersal
end of a banquet
lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom)
to break up (a marriage, family etc)
thermal grease
free prose style
(physics) to scatter
prose
to disperse
Hosanna (in Christian praise)
to take a walk; to go for a walk
the small investor
to dissipate
to scatter like birds and beasts
evacuation
(music) arpeggio
to wander off
FIT (free independent traveler)
to disperse after a happy time (idiom)
emergency evacuation
to dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc)
Nisan, the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar
to relax
in fragments
(gun) shot
fiber distributed data interface
disheveled