释 (釋)
shì
Pinyin

Definition

释 (釋)
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shì
  1. to explain
  2. to release
  3. Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shì jiā móu ní])
  4. Buddhism

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

解释
jiě shì
  1. 1 explanation
  2. 2 to explain
  3. 3 to interpret
  4. 4 to resolve
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
释放
shì fàng
  1. 1 to release
  2. 2 to set free
  3. 3 to liberate (a prisoner)
  4. 4 to discharge
稀释
xī shì
  1. 1 to dilute
诠释
quán shì
  1. 1 to interpret
  2. 2 to comment and explain
  3. 3 to annotate
  4. 4 to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role)
  5. 5 to decode
  6. 6 interpretation
  7. 7 annotation
释怀
shì huái
  1. 1 to release (tension)
  2. 2 relief (from suspense)
  3. 3 to dispel (usu. with negative, unable to forget)

Idioms (6)

如释重负
rú shì zhòng fù
  1. 1 as if relieved from a burden (idiom)
  2. 2 to have a weight off one's mind
爱不忍释
ài bù rěn shì
  1. 1 to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)
爱不释手
ài bù shì shǒu
  1. 1 to love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly
手不释卷
shǒu bù shì juàn
  1. 1 lit. always with a book in hand (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
涣然冰释
huàn rán bīng shì
  1. 1 to melt away (idiom)
  2. 2 to dissipate
  3. 3 to vanish

Sample Sentences

习近平主席从责任共享、合作共赢、幸福共享、文化共兴安全共筑以及和谐共生六个方面加以阐释，使得构建人类命运共同体这样一个伟大的事业成为中非双方共同努力的方向，李成文说。
XíJìnpíng zhǔxí cóng zérèn gòngxiǎng 、hézuò gòngyíng 、xìngfú gòngxiǎng 、wénhuà gòng xīng ānquán gòng zhù yǐjí héxié gòng shēng liù ge fāngmiàn jiāyǐ chǎnshì ，shǐde gòujiàn rénlèi mìngyùn gòngtóngtǐ zhèyàng yīgē wěidà de shìyè chéngwéi ZhōngFēi shuāngfāng gòngtóngnǔlì de fāngxiàng ，lǐchéngwén shuō 。
According to Li Chengwen, President Xi Jinping shared six aspects for both China and Africa to work towards building a “community of shared future” : responsibility sharing, cooperation and win-win, happiness sharing, cultural co-prosperity, security and harmonious symbiosis.
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可不可以解释一下什么是无条件的爱？
kě bù kěyǐ jiěshì yīxià shénme shì wútiáojiàndeài ？
Could you please explain what is unconditional love?
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遇到像老Q样擅长刁难揩油的，就不好好给你解释，让你把腿跑细，跑到心灰意冷，要么放弃办理，要么给他送礼；
yùdào xiàng lǎo Q yàng shàncháng diāonàn kāiyóu de ，jiù bù hǎohǎo gěi nǐ jiěshì ，ràng nǐ bǎ tuǐ pǎo xì ，pǎo dào xīnhuīyìlěng ，yàome fàngqì bànlǐ ，yàome gěi tā sònglǐ ；
such as meeting someone like Old Q, who wouldn't take time to explain things to you, who is good at making things difficult in order to take advantage of you. He lets you run your legs off, run until you are disappointed, until you either give up or give gifts to him;
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这不是我最爱的汝窑瓷吗？汝窑瓷的颜色如美玉一般，安静、典雅，家里有几个仿宋朝汝窑瓷的茶杯，我家人都爱不释手呢！
zhè búshi wǒ zuì ài de rǔyáo cí ma ？rǔyáo cí de yánsè rú měiyù yībān ，ānjìng 、diǎnyǎ ，jiālǐ yǒu jǐge fǎng Sòngcháo rǔyáo cí de chábēi ，wǒ jiārén dōu àibùshìshǒu ne ！
Isn't this my favourite, Ru Ware pottery? The colors of Ru Ware pottery are similar to jade, quiet, elegant. I've got a few faux Song Dynasty Ru Ware teacups, and my family really love them!
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有一点难理解，所谓的投射理论简单地解释，是指词汇所携带的信息表现在语音、意义、选词以及成句各个方面是吗？
yǒu yī diǎn nán lǐjiě ，suǒwèi de tóushè lǐlùn jiǎndān de jiěshì ，shìzhǐ cíhuì suǒ xiédài de xìnxī biǎoxiàn zài yǔyīn 、yìyì 、xuǎncí yǐjí chéngjù gègè fāngmiàn shìma ？
It's a little difficult to understand, so the "projection principle" simply speaking, indicates the data on phonetic, semantic and lexical and syntactic elements that vocabulary carries with it?
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口渴了得喝水，当然毋庸置疑。可那是被动地喝水，我们还要主动地来补水，比如清早起床后喝杯温开水，有助于稀释血液，帮助肝肾代谢，排除体内废物，养颜又保健。
kǒukě le děi hēshuǐ ，dāngrán wúyōngzhìyí 。kě nà shì bèidòng de hēshuǐ ，wǒmen hái yào zhǔdòng de lái bǔ shuǐ ，bǐrú qīngzǎo qǐchuáng hòu hē bēi wēn kāishuǐ ，yǒuzhùyú xīshì xuèyè ，bāngzhù gān shèn dàixiè ，páichú tǐnèi fèiwù ，yǎngyán yòu bǎojiàn 。
Of course there's no question that if you're thirsty you should drink water. But that's drinking water in a passive way. We also have to be proactive in supplementing our water intake, like, for example, early in the morning when you get out of bed, drinking a glass of warm boiled water helps ease your circulation, as well as helping your liver and kidneys metabolize, to rid yourself of toxins, helping improve your skin and keeping you healthy.
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哦，先给老板分类啊，你这是要对症下药嘛，感觉还挺靠谱，快给详细解释解释。
ò ，xiān gěi lǎobǎn fēnlèi ā ，nǐ zhè shì yào duìzhèngxiàyào ma ，gǎnjué hái tǐng kàopǔ ，kuài gěi xiángxì jiěshì jiěshì 。
Oh... first we do some categorisations eh... I guess you have to find the problem before you problem solve. That seems quite reliable, give me a brief explanation.
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你这是拿着鸡毛当令箭，人家管仲说的是要让人民脱离吃不饱、穿不暖的威胁，“才”能要求精神上的提升，他可没说“就应该”怎么怎么地，你这样解释太片面了，断章取义。
nǐ zhè shì ná zhe jī máo dāng lǐngjiàn ，rénjiā Guǎnzhòng shuōde shì yào ràng rénmín tuōlí chībubǎo 、chuānbùnuǎn de wēixié ，“cái ”néng yāoqiú jīngshén shang de tíshēng ，tā kě méi shuō “jiù yīnggāi ”zěnme zěnme de ，nǐ zhèyàng jiěshì tài piànmiàn le ，duàn zhāng qǔ yì 。
You're really taking license with that kind of talk. Guan Zhong was talking about how people need to be free from fear of hunger and of fear of not having enough to wear, to be able to progress spiritually. He didn't say what people had to do. You're really being quite one-sided in your interpretation and taking his words out of context.
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不好意思，我没听懂，可以解释给我听吗？
bùhǎoyìsi ，wǒ méi tīng dǒng ，kěyǐ jiěshì gěi wǒ tīng ma ？
Excuse me, I didn't understand what you said, can you explain it to me?
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时间顺序原则”可以应用在许多中文句子的语序解释上。
shíjiān shùnxù yuánzé ”kěyǐ yìngyòng zài xǔduō Zhōngwén jùzi de yǔxù jiěshì shàng 。
The "chronological method" can be applied to many Chinese sentences in terms of word order.
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