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离
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Definitions
- 1. mythical beast (archaic)
Words Containing 离
to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
pre-makeup cream
pretty close
(chemistry) zwitterion
not much different
to abandon
dissociation
to separate
to steer (the plane) away from
to divorce
rigorous isolation
social upheaval caused by war or famine etc
centrifugal force
to withdraw from
to leave a country (or place)
separatism
to pass away
bead-type ion exchanger
distance
monstrous and multicolored
to defect
inseparable (as form and shadow)
split
separated in life and death
to leave home (to live somewhere else)
parting sorrow
short distance
a family wrenched apart (idiom)
Lishi district of Lüliang city 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu:3 liáng shì], Shanxi 山西
clutch (mechanics)
ion
asset stripping
long distance
inseparable
carbon sequestration
On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原[qū yuán] in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[chǔ cí]
(of family members) separated from one another; scattered about; dispersed
to run out
variegated
negative ion
detached palace
to leave one's homeland
(literary) desolate and lonely
gas centrifuge
excessive
departure lounge
pretty close
lackluster (look)
to reunite after being homeless refugees
to leave (on a long journey)
to be divorced
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
long-distance
separating medical consultation from dispensing drugs, proposed policy to counteract perceived PRC problem of \drugs serving to nourish doctors\ 以藥養醫|以药养医[yǐ yào yǎng yī]
to disassociate
to drive away
impossible to unravel
blurred
opto-isolator (electronics)
absence makes the heart grow fonder
many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
isotopic separation
to deviate
separatist
(sad) farewell song
the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement
to divorce
lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom)
automatic clutch
offset distance
homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight
to be unable to do without one's cell phone
hydroxide ion OH-
to talk shop all the time (idiom)
to leave home; to abandon one's family
to escape from the abyss of suffering
racial segregation
to leave office
to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom)
to digress
heavy ion (physics)
scattered and smashed (idiom)
to separate
positive ion
separable word (in Chinese grammar)
close range
negative ion
carbon sequestration
to depart; to leave
lithium ion battery
out of danger
to stand by (sb) (idiom)
to betray
transmission distance
off-site monitoring
to part
Islands District of the New Territories, Hong Kong
to leave
muddle-headed
to peel
to take leave of
quaint
to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up
ionization radiation
clutch pedal
to abandon suffering and obtain happiness (Buddhism)
outlying islands
to follow sb closely (idiom)
Lishi district of Lüliang city 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu:3 liáng shì], Shanxi 山西
(idiom) (of a husband and wife, etc) to spend more time apart than together; to see each other very little
to depart from
fragmented
discreteness
ion
to leave harbor
(Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦[bā kǔ]
discrete mathematics
to bring (people) closer together
free on board (FOB) (transportation)
ionic bond (chemistry)
sad feeling at separation (idiom)
to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study)
ionosphere
to retire
to become alienated
positive ion
to get divorced shortly after marriage
to separate oneself from
to be weaned
offline (computing)
dissociative identity disorder
hydroxide ion OH-
clutch (in car gearbox)
to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom)
odd
(computing) near-field communication (NFC)
centrifuge
to be at odds with
inseparable
to leave one's post
ion exchange
to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
homeless and miserable
to desert
to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc)
to be far from
zero distance
(neologism c. 2012) decluttering; minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 \danshari\, lit. \forgoing
to abscond
to move away
destitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about
destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means
to be neither too familiar nor too distant
centrifuge
the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement
to die
to rebel against orthodoxy
marathon (sports)
offshore
lots of money, less work, and close to home
ionization chamber
anionic site
plasma (physics)
indistinct
to remove
joys and sorrows