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Meaning of 离

Pinyin lí

Radical

亠

Strokes

Definition

to leave / to depart / to go away / from

Usage

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离 (lí) 1. 相距，隔开 (be apart; separate) - 距～。太阳是～地球最近的恒星。 (The sun is the closest star to Earth.) 2. 离开，分开 (leave; part) - 分～。～别。～家。～散 (sàn)。～职。～异。～间 (jiàn)。支～破碎。 (Separate, depart, leave home, disperse, resign, differentiate.) 3. 缺少 (lack) - 办好教育～不开教师。 (A good education cannot be achieved without teachers.) 4. 八卦之一，符号是“☲”，代表火 (one of the eight trigrams symbolizing fire) 5. 古同“罹”，遭受 (same as "罹", suffer; endure) 6. 古同“缡”，妇女的佩巾 (same as "缡", a woman's scarf) 7. 〔～～〕形容草木茂盛，如“～～原上草，一岁一枯荣”。 (Describing lush vegetation, as in "The grass on the lush plain flourishes and withers yearly.") 8. 姓 (surname) --- 离 (lí) 1. 离假借为“剺”。离开;离别 (part; leave each other) - 如: 脱离、偏离、离了母、离人、离恨、离格儿、离了眼、离丧。 (Examples: part from, deviate, break from assessment, someone who is separated from family, sorrow of separation, out of norm, seeing blurred, mourning for the dead.) 2. 分散，离散。跟“合”相对 (decentralize) - 邦分崩离析而不能守也。 (The state is shattered and cannot be defended.) 3. 假借为“罹”。遭受 (suffer from) - 离骚 (to face adversity); 离恨天 (to encounter sorrows). 4. 割取 (cut) - 離肺 (cut the lung out) 5. 断绝;判别 (distinguish) - 离经 (disassemble texts); 离辞 (analyze phrases). 6. 违背，背离 (violate; go against) - 众叛亲离。 (People betray and abandon their kin.) 7. 距离;相距 (be apart from; be at a distance from) - 离这里还有多少路。 (How far is it from here?) 8. 罗列，陈列 (enumerate) - 离离原上草。 (Lush grass on the plain.) 9. 经历 (experience) - 载离寒暑。 (Experience the seasons.) 10. 缺少 (lack; be short of) 11. 通“丽”。附丽，附着 (attach oneself to; depend on) --- 离 (lí) ［数］二，两;双 (two) --- 离 (lí) 通“俪”。成双，成对 (paired)

离去 lí qù

to leave / to exit

众叛亲离 zhòng pàn qīn lí

lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom) / fig. to find oneself utterly isolated

叛离 pàn lí

to betray / to desert / to defect from / to turn renegade

离经叛道 lí jīng pàn dào

to rebel against orthodoxy / to depart from established practices

妻离子散 qī lí zǐ sàn

a family wrenched apart (idiom)

离婚 lí hūn

to divorce / divorced from (one's spouse)

寸步不离 cùn bù bù lí

to follow sb closely (idiom) / to keep close to

离岗 lí gǎng

dimission / quit one's job / leave one's post

分崩离析 fēn bēng lí xī

to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up / falling to pieces

离开 lí kāi

to depart / to leave

剥离 bō lí

to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc)

分离 fēn lí

to separate

悲欢离合 bēi huān lí hé

joys and sorrows / partings and reunions / the vicissitudes of life

离愁 lí chóu

parting sorrow / pain of separation

扑朔迷离 pū shuò mí lí

impossible to unravel / confusing

抛离 pāo lí

to desert / to leave / to forsake

挑拨离间 tiǎo bō lí jiàn

to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between

搬离 bān lí

move out / remove / move away

撤离 chè lí

to withdraw from / to evacuate

擅离职守 shàn lí zhí shǒu

to abscond / to be absent without leave

擅离 shàn lí

Leave without permission

离散 lí sàn

(of family members) separated from one another / scattered about / dispersed / (math.) discrete

偏离 piān lí

to deviate / to diverge / to wander

颠沛流离 diān pèi liú lí

homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight / to drift

离心泵 lí xīn bèng

centrifugal pump / impeller pump

游离 yóu lí

to disassociate / to drift away / to leave (a collective) / free (component)

离退休 lí tuì xiū

retirement

离休 lí xiū

to retire / to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres)

支离破碎 zhī lí pò suì

scattered and smashed (idiom)

距离 jù lí

distance / CL:個|个[ge4] / to be apart from

脱离 tuō lí

to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany)

远离 yuǎn lí

to be far from / to keep away from

离子 lí zǐ

ion

等离子体 děng lí zǐ tǐ

plasma (physics)

隔离 gé lí

to separate / to isolate

远距离 yuǎn jù lí

long-distance

离不开 lí bu kāi

inseparable / inevitably linked to

逃离 táo lí

to run out / to escape

离职 lí zhí

to retire / to leave office / to quit a job

电离 diàn lí

ion / ionized (e.g. gas)

电离层 diàn lí céng

ionosphere

乖离 guāi lí

to part / to separate / to deviate

离愁别绪 lí chóu bié xù

Parting

调虎离山 diào hǔ lí shān

to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom) / to lure an enemy away from his territory

离谱 lí pǔ

excessive / beyond reasonable limits / irregular

长距离 cháng jù lí

long distance

中距离 zhōng jù lí

middle distance

短距离 duǎn jù lí

short distance / a stone's throw away

距离感 jù lí gǎn

distance perception / sense of distance

迷离 mí lí

blurred / hard to make out distinctly

离子键 lí zǐ jiàn

ionic bond (chemistry)

驶离 shǐ lí

to steer (the plane) away from / to drive away (from a place) / to leave

离骚 Lí Sāo

Sorrow at Parting, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原 in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞