离 (離)

  1. verb to leave; to depart; to go away; to part
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Middle Chinese: lje; as in 分散 or 分开 (Kroll 2015 '離' 1; GHC '离' 2)
  2. noun a mythical bird
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mythology
    Notes: (GHC '离' 1)
  3. noun li; one of the eight divinatory trigrams
    Domain: Literature 文学 , Concept: Trigram 卦
    Notes: One of the 八卦 mentioned in the 易經 ”Book of Changes”, symbolizing fire (GHC '离' 8; Kroll 2015 '離' lì 1a; Nylan 2001, p. 218)
  4. noun a band or kerchief worn when a woman left home to be married
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: The same as 缡 in some classical writings (GHC '离' 13; Kroll 2015 '離' lí 8).
  5. chī noun a dragon with horns not yet grown
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mythology
    Notes: In this sense 离 is synonomous with 螭 (GHC '离' 16).
  6. noun a mountain ash
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Tree 树
    Notes: Used in place of 樆 in some classical writings.
  7. noun vanilla; a vanilla-like herb
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Herb 草本
    Notes: Used in place of 蓠 in some classical writings (GHC '离' 10).
  8. verb to be scattered; to be separated
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 离 is synonomous with 离散. (Kroll 2015 '離' lí 5; GHC '离' 2)
  9. verb to cut off
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 离 is synonomous with 割取. (GHC '离' 3)
  10. verb to violate; to be contrary to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 离 is synonomous with 违背.
  11. verb to be distant from
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 离 is synonomous with 距离 (Kroll 2015 '離' lí 5).
  12. number two
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 离 is synonomous with 二,两, or 双.
  13. verb to array; to align
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 阵列 (Kroll 2015 '離' lí 2; GHC '离' 5)
  14. verb to pass through; to experience
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 经历 (Kroll 2015 '離' lí 3; GHC '离' 6)

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