释 (釋) yì shì

1. shì verb to release / to set free
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 放开 (Guoyu '釋' v 3; Kroll 2015 '釋' 1; Unihan '釋'; XHZD '释' 4)
2. shì verb to explain / to interpret
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 说明; for example, 解释 'explain' (Guoyu '釋' v 1; Kroll 2015 '釋' 3; Unihan '釋'; XHZD '释' 1)
3. shì verb to remove / to dispell / to clear up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 解除 or 消散; for example, 如释重负 'as if relieved from a heavy burden' (Guoyu '釋' v 2; Kroll 2015 '釋' 1a; XHZD '释' 2)
4. shì verb to give up / to abandon
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 舍弃 or 抛弃 (Guoyu '釋' v 4; Kroll 2015 '釋' 1a)
5. shì verb to put down
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 放下 or 放开 (Kroll 2015 '釋' 1a; XHZD '释' 3)
6. shì verb to resolve
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '釋' 2a)
7. shì verb to melt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 溶化 or 消融 (Kroll 2015 '釋' 2)
8. shì proper noun Śakra / Indra
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: (Ding '釋')
9. shì proper noun Śākyamuni
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 釋迦牟尼. See 釋迦牟尼 (Guoyu '釋' n 1; Kroll 2015 '釋' 4; XHZD '释' 5).
10. shì noun Buddhism
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: In the sense of 佛教 (Guoyu '釋' n 2)
11. shì proper noun Śākya / Shakya
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: The clan of Śākyamuni Buddha (Guoyu '釋' n 3)
12. yì adjective pleased / glad
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 译 (Kroll 2015 '釋' yì)

Contained in

• 解释(解釋) to explain / to interpret / to resolve ; an explanation / an interpretation ; to dispel / to eliminate / to remove
• 释放(釋放) to release / to set free / to liberate / to discharge
• 注释(注釋) marginal notes / annotation ; to annotate / to add comments ; comment
• 诠释(詮釋) to annotate / to expound / to decode
• 释文(釋文) Interpretation of the Classics ; An explanation of a classic text
• 释文经典(釋文經典) Interpretation of the Classics
• 阐释(闡釋) to explain / to expound / to interpret
• 释然(釋然) to release
• 浅释(淺釋) a simple explaination
• 消释(消釋) to clear up
• 尽释前嫌(盡釋前嫌) to resolve former enmity
• 如释重负(如釋重負) as if relieved from a heavy burden / to have a weight off one's mind

Also contained in

释迦牟尼 、 解释执行 、 释提桓因 、 释迦佛 、 释迦 、 帝释 、 帝释天 、 释梵 、 释迦族 、 释梵火天母 、 佛宫寺释迦塔 、 释尊 、 释道 、 释经 、 金刚般若论会释 、 销释金刚经科仪会要注解 、 金刚经音释直解 、 金刚新眼疏经偈合释 、 释大汕 、 释元霭 、 释常莹 、 天帝释 、 释教 、 释摩纳 、 释法显 、 释昙无竭 、 释慧皎 、 释道祖 、 释道融 、 释道恒 、 释慧渊 、 释道慧 、 释道盛 、 释氏 、 释圣坚 、 释经论部 、 释昙谛 、 释道汪 、 释昙超

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 《儀禮》 — count: 49
• 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 《儀禮》 — count: 42
• 卷32　志第27 經籍一 Volume 32 Treatises 27: Bibliography 1 Book of Sui 《隋書》 — count: 31
• 卷五十 張馮汲鄭傳 Volume 50: Zhang, Feng, Ji and Zheng Book of Han 《漢書》 — count: 29
• 卷一百〇五 志第五十八 禮八 Volume 105 Treatises 58: Rites 8 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 27
• 《張釋之馮唐列傳》 Biographies of Zhang Shizhi and Feng Tang Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 — count: 26
• 卷二十四 志第四: 禮儀四 Volume 24 Treatises 4: Rites 4 Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》 — count: 23
• 卷二百〇二 志第一百五十五 藝文一 Volume 202 Treatises 155: Arts and Literature 1 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 20
• 卷十五　　　　　志第五　　　　禮樂五 Volume 15 Treatises 5: Rites and Music 5 New Book of Tang 《新唐書》 — count: 19
• 卷四十六 志第二十六: 經籍上 Volume 46 Treatises 26: Literature 1 Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》 — count: 19

Collocations

• 释获 (釋穫) 獲而未釋獲 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 《儀禮》, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 45
• 释弓 (釋弓) 司射不釋弓矢 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 《儀禮》, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 38
• 释服 (釋服) 不釋服而往 — The Book of Rites 《禮記》, 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II — count: 7
• 释宋 (釋宋) 釋宋公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 释币 (釋幣) 宾朝服释币于祢 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 《儀禮》, 聘禮 第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls — count: 6
• 君释 (君釋) 請君釋憾於宋 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
• 释奠 (釋奠) 釋奠于學 — The Book of Rites 《禮記》, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 5
• 冻释 (凍釋) 然則在解而凍釋 — Guanzi 《管子》, 五行第四十一 Chapter 41: The Five Elements — count: 4
• 命释 (命釋) 北面命釋獲者設中 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 《儀禮》, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 4
• 释憾 (釋憾) 請君釋憾於宋 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4