1. to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up2. falling to pieces
(chemistry) deionized water
a family wrenched apart (idiom)
(Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦[bā kǔ]
1. to abscond2. to be absent without leave
destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means
(biology) reproductive isolation
1. lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom)2. fig. to find oneself utterly isolated
1. racial segregation2. apartheid
(of a husband and wife etc) to spend more time apart than together; to see each other very little
1. to escape from the abyss of suffering2. to shed off a wretched plight
1. to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom)2. to lure an enemy away from his territory
(idiom) blurred; confusing
to leave home (to live somewhere else)
sad feeling at separation (idiom)
1. ionization radiation2. nuclear radiation
三句话不离本行 三句話不離本行 sān jù huà bù lí běn háng to talk shop all the time (idiom)
mutual-consent divorce (in ancient China)
1. to remove2. to step back from involvement3. to disengage
1. to get divorced shortly after marriage2. to resign shortly after getting employed
1. to leave harbor2. departure (at airport)
1. to defect2. to be disloyal
1. pretty close2. just about right3. not bad4. same as 差不多+1 条 1. not bad2. pretty good3. pretty close
(neologism, attested by 2012) decluttering; minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")
separable word (in Chinese grammar)
Islands District of the New Territories, Hong Kong
erhua variant of 不大离[bù dà lí]
1. to stand by (sb) (idiom)2. steadfast loyalty
opto-isolator (electronics)
erhua variant of 差不离[chà bù lí]
to bring (people) closer together
to be unable to do without one's cell phone