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放 fàng to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)
Results beginning with 放
放在 fàng zài place
放弃 fàng qì to renounce / to abandon / to give up
放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved / to feel reassured / to be at ease
放下 fàng xià to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
放松 fàng sōng to relax / to slacken / to loosen
放大 fàng dà to enlarge / to magnify
放开 fàng kāi to let go / to release
放过 fàng guò to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth
放置 fàng zhì to put
放出 fàng chū to let off / to give out
放手 fàng shǒu to let go one's hold / to give up / to have a free hand
放进 fàng jìn to put into
放假 fàng jià to have a holiday or vacation
放学 fàng xué to dismiss students at the end of the school day
放纵 fàng zòng to indulge / to pamper / to connive at / permissive / indulgent / self-indulgent / unrestrained / undisciplined / uncultured / boorish
放肆 fàng sì wanton / unbridled / presumptuous / impudent
放映 fàng yìng to show (a movie) / to screen
放宽 fàng kuān to relax (a rule) / to ease (restrictions) / to extend (a time limit) / to let out (a garment) / to expand / to broaden
放飞 fàng fēi to allow to fly
放声 fàng shēng very loudly / at the top of one's voice
放眼 fàng yǎn to survey / to view broadly
放电 fàng diàn electrical discharge / (coll.) to lure / to entice
放缓 fàng huǎn to slow / to slow down (the pace of)
放慢 fàng màn to reduce the pace (of movements, steps etc)
放屁 fàng pì to fart / to break wind / to talk nonsense / Utter rubbish!
放射 fàng shè to radiate / radioactive
放荡 fàng dàng licentious / wanton / morally unrestrained
放任 fàng rèn to ignore / to let alone / to indulge
放火 fàng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance
放行 fàng xíng to let pass
放逐 fàng zhú to banish / to deport / to send into exile / to be marooned
放送 fàng sòng to broadcast / to announce over loudspeakers
放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game
放走 fàng zǒu to release / to set free / to allow (a person or an animal) to go / to liberate
放人 fàng rén release (n. employment)
放牧 fàng mù to graze (livestock) / to herd (livestock)
放低 fàng dī to lower / to be humble
放养 fàng yǎng to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment / to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild
放浪 fàng làng unrestrained / dissolute / dissipated / unconventional / immoral / to debauch / to dissipate
放羊 fàng yáng to tend a flock of sheep / to let sheep out to pasture / fig. to throw off the reins / to leave sb alone / acting freely and irresponsibly
放贷 fàng dài to provide loans
放晴 fàng qíng (of weather) to clear up
放权 fàng quán to devolve authority to lower levels
放风 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information
放血 fàng xuè to let blood (Chinese medicine) / to bleed / to stab sb (slang)
放款 fàng kuǎn to lend money (as a commercial loan)
放哨 fàng shào to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol
放胆 fàng dǎn to act boldly
放空 fàng kōng to relax completely / to empty one's mind / (finance) to sell short / (of a commercial vehicle) to travel empty (no cargo or passengers) / to deadhead
放气 fàng qì to release breath / to deflate / to fart
放毒 fàng dú to poison / (fig.) to spread vicious rumors
放工 fàng gōng to knock off work for the day
放诞 fàng dàn untrammeled / reckless / wanton
放倒 fàng dǎo to knock over / to knock down / to lay flat / to fell / to bring down
放刁 fàng diāo to act wickedly / to bully / to make life difficult for sb by unreasonable actions
放告 fàng gào to release a statement
放话 fàng huà to give orders / to spread news or rumors / to leak certain information intentionally
放还 fàng huán to release (a hostage) / to put back in place
放克 fàng kè (music) funk (loanword)
放鸟 fàng niǎo to stand someone up
放平 fàng píng to set level / to lay flat
放枪 fàng qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun
放情 fàng qíng to do sth to one's heart's content
放入 fàng rù to put in / to insert
放闪 fàng shǎn (coll.) (of a couple) to display affection in public or by posting photos on social media
放生 fàng shēng to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
放线 fàng xiàn (angling) to play a fish / (kite-flying) to let the string out / (dating) to play the field
放血 fàng xiě (TCM) to practice bloodletting / (medicine) to perform phlebotomy / (coll.) to make sb bleed / to inflict grievous wounds / (fig.) to cough up a large amount of money / (fig.) to reduce prices drastically
放音 fàng yīn playback (of recorded sound)
放债 fàng zhài to lend money (for interest) / to give credit
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放不下 fàng bu xià to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go
放射性 fàng shè xìng radioactive
放大器 fàng dà qì amplifier
放大镜 fàng dà jìng magnifying glass
放风筝  cheque kiting / kiting
放鞭炮 fàng biān pào to set off firecrackers
放射线 fàng shè xiàn radiation / rays of radiation
放射源 fàng shè yuán radiation source
放射学 fàng shè xué radiology
放牛班 fàng niú bān class of underachievers / dunces' class (Tw)
放爆竹 fàng bào zhú to set off firecrackers
放大炮 fàng dà pào to talk big / to shoot one's mouth off
放大片 fàng dà piàn (Tw) cosmetic contact lens / big eye contact lens / circle contact lens
放大纸 fàng dà zhǐ enlarging paper (photography) / bromide paper
放得下 fàng de xià to be able to put (sth) down / to have room for / to be able to accommodate
放飞机 fàng fēi jī (coll.) to stand sb up / to fail to honor an agreement
放鸽子 fàng gē zi to stand sb up / to bail on sb
放空挡 fàng kōng dǎng to coast along in neutral gear (in a car) / (coll.) to go commando
放空炮 fàng kōng pào (lit.) to fire blank shots / (fig.) to be all talk and no action / to shoot one's mouth off / to make empty promises
放牧林 fàng mù lín grazed forest
放屁虫 fàng pì chóng stinkbug
放山鸡 fàng shān jī free-range chicken
放射病 fàng shè bìng radiation sickness
放射虫 fàng shè chóng radiolarian (single-celled animal)
放射物 fàng shè wù radioactive material
放水屁 fàng shuǐ pì (coll.) to shart
放暑假 fàng shǔ jià to be on summer vacation
放卫星 fàng wèi xīng to launch a satellite / (fig.) (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, c. 1958) to achieve prominent success / (later used sarcastically) to make exaggerated claims / to talk big
放学后 fàng xué hòu after school
放羊娃 fàng yáng wá shepherd / shepherd boy
放焰口 fàng yàn kǒu to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit)
放一马 fàng yī mǎ to let (sb) off / to let (sb) get away with sth
放映室 fàng yìng shì cinema room / viewing room
放在心上 fàng zài xīn shàng to care about / to take seriously / to take to heart
放在眼里 fàng zài yǎn lǐ to pay attention to / to care about / to attach importance to
放荡不羁 fàng dàng bù jī wanton and unrestrained (idiom) / dissolute
放射治疗 fàng shè zhì liáo radiotherapy
放任自流 fàng rèn zì liú to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire
放诞不羁 fàng dàn bù jī wanton and unrestrained (idiom) / dissolute
放诞不拘 fàng dàn bù jū wanton and unrestrained (idiom) / dissolute
放浪不羁 fàng làng bù jī wanton and unrestrained (idiom) / dissolute
放浪形骸 fàng làng xíng hái to abandon all restraint (idiom)
放马后炮 fàng mǎ hòu pào to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom) / to act too late to be effective
放情丘壑 fàng qíng qiū hè to enjoy oneself in nature's embrace (idiom)
放弃要求  disclaimer
放大因子  amplification factor / magnification factor
放弃豁免  waive an immunity (v)
放牧容量  grazing capacity
放空燃烧  flaring
放人单位  releasing office
放不下心 fàng bu xià xīn cannot stop worrying
放大倍数 fàng dà bèi shù magnifying power / magnification
放开手脚 fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo to have free rein (idiom)
放马过来 fàng mǎ guò lái bring it on! / give me all you got!
放慢脚步 fàng màn jiǎo bù to ease up the pace / to slow things down
放慢速度 fàng màn sù dù to ease up the pace / to slow things down
放牧极限 fàng mù jí xiàn grazing capacity
放热反应 fàng rè fǎn yìng exothermic reaction
放任政策 fàng rèn zhèng cè laissez-faire policy / non-interference
放热系统 fàng rè xì tǒng thermal protection system
放射防护 fàng shè fáng hù radiological defense
放射疗法 fàng shè liáo fǎ radiotherapy
放声大哭 fàng shēng - dà kū to sob loudly / to bawl
放声大哭 fàng shēng dà kū to burst into tears / to sob loudly / to bawl
放射卫生 fàng shè wèi shēng radiation hygiene / radiohygiene
放射性碘 fàng shè xìng diǎn radioactive iodine
放射作战 fàng shè zuò zhàn radiological operations
放手一搏 fàng shǒu yī bó to put one's all into the fight
放松管制 fàng sōng guǎn zhì deregulation
放松制裁 fàng sōng zhì cái easing of sanctions
放下包袱 fàng xia bāo fu to lay down a heavy burden
放下身段 fàng xià shēn duàn (idiom) to get off one's high horse / to dispense with posturing (and adopt a more humble or empathetic attitude)
放养鱼类 fàng yǎng yú lèi fish stocking
放烟幕弹 fàng yān mù dàn to spread a smokescreen
放眼望去 fàng yǎn wàng qù as far as the eye can see
放射性元素 fàng shè xìng yuán sù radioactive element
放射虫软泥  radiolarian ooze
放射性污水  radioactive effluent
放射剂量率  radiation dose rate
放宽的条件  enhanced terms
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播放 bō fàng to broadcast / to transmit (by radio or TV)
开放 kāi fàng to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality
解放 jiě fàng to liberate / to emancipate / liberation / refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 / CL:次[ci4]
释放 shì fàng to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge
发放 fā fàng to provide / to give / to grant
存放 cún fàng to deposit / to store / to leave in sb's care
投放 tóu fàng to input / to throw in / to unload / to put into circulation
排放 pái fàng to arrange in order / to emit / to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate / to discharge semen
摆放 bǎi fàng to set up / to arrange / to lay out
绽放 zhàn fàng to blossom
回放 huí fàng to replay / to play back
功放 gōng fàng power amplifier (abbr. for 功率放大器[gong1lu:4 fang4da4qi4])
缩放 suō fàng scaling / resizing / zoom (graphics)
奔放 bēn fàng bold and unrestrained / untrammeled
停放 tíng fàng to park (a car etc) / to moor (a boat etc) / to leave sth (in a place)
施放 shī fàng to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc)
堆放 duī fàng to pile up / to stack
拖放 tuō fàng drag-and-drop (computing)
安放 ān fàng to lay / to place / to put in a certain place
下放 xià fàng to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
豪放 háo fàng bold and unconstrained / powerful and free
流放 liú fàng to exile / to banish / to deport / to float (logs) downstream
怒放 nù fàng in full bloom
粗放 cū fàng extensive / expansive / large-scale
燃放 rán fàng to light / to set off (firecrackers etc)
狂放 kuáng fàng wild / unrestrained
录放 lù fàng to record and play (audio, video)
寄放 jì fàng to leave sth with sb
陈放 chén fàng to display
倒放 dào fàng to place upside down / to play (a video) backwards
叠放 dié fàng to stack / to lay one on top of another
多放 duō fàng add extra (of a spice etc)
码放 mǎ fàng to pile up / to stack up
牧放 mù fàng cattle grazing
铺放 pū fàng to display
齐放 qí fàng broadside / simultaneous fired cannonade
少放 shǎo fàng to add less (of a spice etc)
疏放 shū fàng eccentric / self-indulgent / free and unconventional (written style) / unbuttoned
颓放 tuí fàng decadent / dissolute / degenerate
外放 wài fàng extroverted / outgoing / to play audio through speakers (rather than through earphones) / (old) to appoint to a post outside the capital
系放 xì fàng to tag (an animal, for scientific research) / to band (a bird)
野放 yě fàng to release (an animal) into the wild
置放 zhì fàng to put / to place
纵放 zòng fàng undisciplined / untrammeled / to indulge
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解放军 Jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces)
开放性 kāi fàng xìng openness
解放后 jiě fàng hòu after liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory) / after the establishment of PRC in 1949
排放量 pái fàng liáng discharge
播放机 bō fàng jī player (e.g. CD player)
沈国放 Shěn Guó fàng Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005)
排放权  emission rights
零排放  zero emission
排放管  discharge pipe
净排放  net emissions
发放点  point of distribution
拆放款 chāi fàng kuǎn funds on call / invested sum that can be cashed
单放机 dān fàng jī tape player / video player / (media) player / play-only device
解放区 Jiě fàng qū Liberation city district / Jiefang district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市[Jiao1 zuo4 shi4], Henan
解放日 Jiě fàng rì Liberation Day / cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945, celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea
排放物 pái fàng wù discharge
碳排放 tàn pái fàng carbon emissions / carbon dioxide emissions
再放养 zài fàng yǎng restocking / repopulation
改革开放 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
解放日报 Jiě fàng Rì bào Liberation Daily, www.jfdaily.com
排放标准  emission standard / emission requirement
心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng to burst with joy (idiom) / to be over the moon / to be elated
百花齐放 bǎi huā qí fàng a hundred flowers bloom (idiom) / let the arts have free expression
解放战争 Jiě fàng Zhàn zhēng War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 / under Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 / took over from the Nationalists 國民政府|国民政府 / under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
杀人放火 shā rén fàng huǒ to kill and burn (idiom) / murder and arson
大放厥词 dà fàng jué cí to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)
自由放任 zì yóu fàng rèn laissez-faire
大鸣大放 dà míng dà fàng (idiom) to freely air one's views / to be heard far and wide / to attract a lot of attention
大放悲声 dà fàng bēi shēng to wail loudly and mournfully (idiom)
大放厥辞 dà fàng jué cí great release of talk (idiom) / to spout nonsense
含苞待放 hán bāo dài fàng in bud / budding
摩顶放踵 mó dǐng fàng zhǒng to rub one's head and heels (idiom) / to slave for the benefit of others / to wear oneself out for the general good
轻饶素放 qīng ráo sù fàng easily forgive, simply release (idiom) / to let sb off scot free
无的放矢 wú dì fàng shǐ to shoot without aim (idiom) / fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark
低碳排放  low-carbon emission
解放儿童  Free the Children / Kids Can Free the Children
排放控制  emission control
极地放大  polar amplification
人为排放  anthropogenic emission
排放速度  discharge rate / emission rate / rate of emission / rate of discharge
排放速率  discharge rate / emission rate / rate of emission / rate of discharge
释放地点  release site
排放性能  emission performance
热解排放  pyrogenic emission
中放废物  intermediate-level waste / medium level waste
排放管制  emission controls
排放信用  emissions credit
排放限值  emission limit value
排放记录  record of discharge / discharge record
抽放效率  outflow yield / drainage efficiency
低排放区  low emission zone
意外排放  incidental emission
排放因子  emission factor
排放配额  emission quota
扩散排放  diffuse emission
排放规范  emission standard / emission requirement
安放龙骨  keel laying
安全释放 ān quán shì fàng safety of releases
被迫放弃 bèi pò fàng qì forced abandonment
播放播客 bō fàng bō kè podcasting
播放列表 bō fàng liè biǎo playlist
朝日放送 Cháo rì Fàng sòng Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
粗放耕作 cū fàng gēng zuò extensive cropping
大放光明 dà fàng guāng míng to shine brightly / (fig.) to show promise / to be on the up and up
大放异彩 dà fàng yì cǎi to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment) / to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill
大鸣大放 dà míng - dà fàng (idiom) to freely air one's views / to be heard far and wide / to attract a lot of attention
独放异彩 dú fàng yì cǎi to project singular splendor or radiance / to perform brilliantly
废气排放 fèi qì pái fàng exhaust emission
光放大器 guāng fàng dà qì optical
过度放牧 guò duó fàng mù overgrazing
核放生化 hé fàng shēng huà nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical
交保释放 jiāo bǎo shì fàng to release sb on bail
解放运动 jiě fàng yùn dòng liberation movement
解放组织 jiě fàng zǔ zhī liberation organization
紧咬不放 jǐn yǎo bù fàng (idiom) unwilling to let go / like a dog with a bone / dogged
开放道路 kāi fàng dào lù open route
开放登记 kāi fàng dēng jì open registry
开放系统 kāi fàng xì tǒng open system
开放源码 kāi fàng yuán mǎ (computing) open-source
可扩放性 kě kuò fàng xìng scalability
临时释放 lín shí shì fàng pre-trial release / release pending trial / provisional release from custody
门户开放 mén hù kāi fàng open door policy / Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel
强迫放逐 qiǎng pò fàng zhú forced relocation / forced deportation
权力下放 quán lì xià fàng decentralization
取保释放 qǔ bǎo shì fàng to be released on bail (law)
燃放鞭炮 rán fàng biān pào to set off fire crackers
生物放大 shēng wù fàng dài biomagnification
释放出狱 shì fàng chū yù to release from jail
投放市场 tóu fàng shì chǎng to put sth on the market
野外放养 yě wài fàng yǎng free-range (breeding livestock or poultry)
医用放射 yī yòng fàng shè medical radiation
有的放矢 yǒu dì fàng shǐ lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom) / fig. to have a clear objective
有屁快放 yǒu pì kuài fàng spit it out! / out with it!
朝日放送 Zhāo rì Fàng sòng Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
抓大放小 zhuā dà - fàng xiǎo (PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the central government and privatize smaller SOEs at the local level
抓大放小 zhuā dà fàng xiǎo (PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the central government and privatize smaller SOEs at the local level
自我放逐 zì wǒ fàng zhú self-imposed exile
人民解放军 rén mín jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army
开放源代码 kāi fàng yuán dài mǎ see 開放源碼|开放源码[kai1fang4 yuan2ma3]
开弓不放箭 kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom) / fig. to bluff / to be all talk and no action / false bravado
人均排放量  per capita emission
低排放技术  low-emission technology
基线排放量  baseline emissions
消退排放量  recession discharge
枯竭排放量  recession discharge
无组织排放  fugitive emission
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