离 (離) lí

1. lí 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. lí noun a mythical bird
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mythology
   Notes: (GHC '离' 1)
3. lí 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. lí 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. lí noun a mountain ash
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Tree 树
   Notes: Used in place of 樆 in some classical writings.
7. lí 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. lí 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. lí verb to cut off
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 离 is synonomous with 割取. (GHC '离' 3)
10. lí verb to violate; to be contrary to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 离 is synonomous with 违背.
11. lí 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. lí number two
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 离 is synonomous with 二,两, or 双.
13. lí 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. lí 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)

Contained in

• 教政分离(教政分離) separation of church and state
• 颠沛流离(顛沛流離) homeless and miserable; to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
• 离奇(離奇) odd; bizarre
• 拉近距离(拉近距離) to bring (people) closer together
• 离开故乡(離開故鄉) to leave one's homeland
• 支离破碎(支離破碎) scattered and smashed
• 同位素分离(同位素分離) isotopic separation
• 远离(遠離) to be removed from; to be far away from ; to be detached; to be aloof ; to far off
• 长距离比赛(長距離比賽) marathon
• 远距离(遠距離) long-distance
• 仳离(仳離) to separate; to divorce
• 分崩离析(分崩離析) to collapse and fall apart; to break up; falling to pieces
• 离披(離披) scattered
• 汉锺离(漢鍾離) Han Zhongli ; Zhong Liquan
• 传输距离(傳輸距離) transmission distance
• 离间的话(離間的話) talk that leads friends to part
• 相离(相離) to be apart from each other
• 迷离惝恍(迷離惝恍) indistinct; blurred; bewildering; confusing to the eye
• 剥离(剝離) to come off; peel off; be stripped; to separate
• 离独(離獨) to be divorced
• 离开(離開) to depart; to leave
• 离奇有趣(離奇有趣) quaint
• 背井离乡(背井離鄉) to leave one's native place, especially against one's will
• 离心(離心) to be at odds with; centrifugal (force)
• 离心离德(離心離德) divided in mind and beliefs
• 劈离(劈離) split
• 离合(離合) clutch ; separation and reunion
• 光怪陆离(光怪陸離) monstrous and multicolored; grotesque and variegated
• 偏离(偏離) to deviate; to diverge; to wander
• 貌合神离(貌合神離) superficial appearance of unity but actually divided in spirit
• 寸步不离(寸步不離) to follow somebody closely ; to keep close to
• 不离儿(不離兒) not bad; pretty good; pretty close
• 背离(背離) to depart from; to deviate from; deviation
• 离任(離任) to leave office; to leave one's post
• 叛离(叛離) to betray; to desert; to defect from; to turn renegade
• 迷离马虎(迷離馬虎) muddle-headed
• 斑驳陆离(斑駮陸離) variegated
• 众叛亲离(眾叛親離) people rebelling and friends deserting; to find oneself utterly isolated
• 离题(離題) to digress
• 离世(離世) to pass away; death
• 流离失所(流離失所) destitute and homeless; forced from one's home and wandering about; displaced
• 离骚(離騷) Sorrow at Parting
• 八九不离十(八九不離十) pretty close; very near; about right
• 二氧化碳隔离(二氧化碳隔離) carbon sequestration; carbon dioxide sequestration
• 离乡背井(離鄉背井) to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
• 离心机(離心機) centrifuge
• 资产剥离(資產剝離) asset stripping
• 种族隔离(種族隔離) apartheid; racial segregation

Also contained in

近距离无线通讯 、 等离子显示屏 、 离岛区

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• 卷七十二　列傳第十:　婁室子:活女 謀衍 仲(本名石古乃)，族子:海里 銀朮可子:彀英(本名撻懶) 母弟:麻吉(子:沃側) 弟:拔離速 習古乃 Volume 72 Biographies 10: Lou Shi and son: Huonu, Mou Yan, Zhong (formerly named Shigunai)，descendant: Haili, Yin Paike and son: Gou Ying (formerly named Talan), Mu younger brother: Maji (son: Woce), younger brother: Ba Lisu, Xi Gunai History of Jin 金史 — count: 39
• 卷六十九 志第二十二 律曆二 Volume 69 Treatises 22: Measures and Calendar 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 38
• 卷五十八 新五代史考第一 Volume 58 Examination on the New Five Dynasties : New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 37
• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 32
• 卷八十四　列傳第二十二:　杲本名撒離喝 耨碗溫敦思忠子:謙，侄:兀帶 昂 高楨 白彥敬 張景仁 Volume 84 Biographies 22: Gao former name Salihe, Nouwanwendunsizhong son: Qian, nephew: Wudai, Ang, Gao Zhen, Bai Yanjing, Zhang Jingren History of Jin 金史 — count: 31
• 卷五十四　志第六:　　曆三 Volume 54 Treatises 7: Calendar 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 26
• Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 23
• 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 23
• 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 23
• 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 23

Collocations

• 钟离 (鐘離) 公孫鍾離 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 11
• 离上 (離上) 乾下離上 — Book of Changes 易經, 大有 Da You — count: 10
• 离肺 (離肺) 離肺實于鼎 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 9
• 离离 (離離) 彼黍離離 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧黍離 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Shu Li — count: 8
• 黍离 (黍離) 黍離 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧黍離 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Shu Li — count: 6
• 离居 (離居) 正大夫離居 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧雨無正 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Yu Wu Zheng — count: 4
• 离来朝 (離來朝) 鄧侯吾離來朝 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 离署 (離署) 擅離署 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — count: 3
• 雉离 (雉離) 雉離于羅 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧兔爰 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Tu Yuan — count: 3
• 离德 (離德) 是謂離德 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2