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Definitions

  1. 1. to explain
  2. 2. to release
  3. 3. Buddhism

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 9453419)

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Words Containing 释

释俗
shì sú

to explain in simple terms

释尊
shì zūn

another name for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼佛|释迦牟尼佛, the historical Buddha

释卷
shì juàn

to stop reading

爱不释手
ài bù shì shǒu

to love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly

释迦牟尼
shì jiā móu ní

Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism

获释
huò shì

freed (from prison)

杯酒释兵权
bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán

to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups

释嫌
shì xián

to forget bad feelings

释回
shì huí

to release from custody

释读
shì dú

to read and interpret ancient texts

释迦佛
shì jiā fó

Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)

释迦牟尼佛
shì jiā móu ní fó

Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)

释典
shì diǎn

Buddhist doctrine

释放出狱
shì fàng chū yù

to release from jail

释怀
shì huái

to get over (a traumatic experience, misgivings etc)

稀释
xī shì

to dilute

取保释放
qǔ bǎo shì fàng

to be released on bail (law)

训释
xùn shì

to explain

解释执行
jiě shì zhí xíng

interpreted (computer)

释迦
shì jiā

Sakya (name of a north Indian tribe)

释名
shì míng

\Shiming\, late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning

校释
jiào shì

to collate and annotate

保释
bǎo shì

to release on bail

释放
shì fàng

to release

释出
shì chū

to release

真释
zhēn shì

true explanation

手不释卷
shǒu bù shì juàn

lit. always with a book in hand (idiom)

冰释
bīng shì

to dispel (enmity, misunderstandings etc)

释疑
shì yí

to dispel doubts

释除
shì chú

to dispel (doubts)

诠释
quán shì

to interpret

释义
shì yì

the meaning of sth

解释器
jiě shì qì

interpreter (computing)

消释
xiāo shì

to dispel (doubts)

开释
kāi shì

to release (a prisoner)

解疑释惑
jiě yí shì huò

(idiom) to solve a problem

爱不忍释
ài bù rěn shì

to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)

解释
jiě shì

explanation

诠释资料
quán shì zī liào

metadata

略释
lüe4 shì

a brief explanation

涣然冰释
huàn rán bīng shì

to melt away (idiom)

假释
jiǎ shì

parole

阐释
chǎn shì

to explain

释然
shì rán

relieved

尽释前嫌
jìn shì qián xián

to forget former enmity (idiom)

诠释学
quán shì xué

hermeneutics

释教
shì jiào

Buddhism

注释
zhù shì

marginal notes

冰释前嫌
bīng shì qián xián

to forget previous differences

如释重负
rú shì zhòng fù

as if relieved from a burden (idiom)

释经
shì jīng

exegesis

交保释放
jiāo bǎo shì fàng

to release sb on bail

热释光
rè shì guāng

thermoluminescence

释文
shì wén

interpreting words

释手
shì shǒu

to let go

释念
shì niàn

(literary) to be reassured