1 unfamiliar

2 strange

3 out of practice

4 not accustomed

1 to neglect

2 to overlook

3 negligence

4 carelessness

1 to unblock

2 to dredge

3 to clear the way

4 to get things flowing

5 to facilitate

6 to mediate

7 to lobby

8 to explicate (a text)

1 to drift apart

2 to become estranged

3 to alienate

4 estrangement

1 variant: 疏 shū

1 to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy

1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)

2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape

3 you can't run from the long arm of the law

1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)

2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape

3 you can't run from the long arm of the law

1 (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...

1 unable to plan

2 inept at strategy (idiom)