"Letting" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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如蛆附骨	rú qū fù gǔ	lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom) / fig. fixed on sth / to cling on without letting go / to pester obstinately
缠绵不已	chán mián bù yǐ	to cling without letting go / to pester without end / to cling lovingly to each other
群言堂	qún yán táng	letting everyone have their say / taking people's views into account / free expression of different views / (contrasted with 一言堂[yi1 yan2 tang2])
剅	lóu	(dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out / small channel across a river embankment / (used in place names) / Taiwan pr. [dou1]
扮猪吃老虎	bàn zhū chī lǎo hǔ	to play the wolf in sheep's clothing / to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to lull one's target into letting their guard down
断舍离	duàn shě lí	(neologism c. 2012) decluttering / minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 / "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")