1 old variant of 野[yě]

1 to let go

2 to cast

3 to let loose

4 to discharge

5 to give expression to

1 to act like a spoiled child

2 to throw a tantrum

3 to act coquettishly

1 to sow (seeds)

2 to scatter

1 barbarous

2 uncivilized

1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)

2 one doesn't act without some incentive

1 lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims

2 starving people fill the land

1 to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader

2 scorched earth policy

1 to stand aside and do nothing (idiom)

2 to take no part in

1 to leave one's mortal frame (idiom)

2 to die