释 (釋) 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 Śākyamuni
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 釋迦牟尼 (Guoyu '釋' n 1; Kroll 2015 '釋' 4; XHZD '释' 5).
  9. shì noun Buddhism
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 佛教 (Guoyu '釋' n 2)
  10. shì proper noun Śākya; Shakya
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: The clan of Śākyamuni Buddha (Guoyu '釋' n 3)
  11. yì adjective pleased; glad
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 译 (Kroll 2015 '釋' yì)
  12. shì verb explain
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: vyākhyā (BCSD '釋', p. 1171; MW 'vyākhyā')
  13. shì proper noun Śakra; Indra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: (Ding '釋')

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解甲释兵 、 诠释学 、 爱不释手 、 略释 、 冰释 、 释放 、 假释 、 释文经典 、 摘释 、 消释 、 释念 、 稀释 、 校释 、 释老 、 开释 、 解释执行 、 解释 、 浅释

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