"疏" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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疏
Trad. 疏
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(Bushou)		 疋
Strokes 5
Composition
Strokes 12
Structure
Decomp. 乛止亠厶川
疋亠厼
Prononciation
Mandarin shū
Entry Methods
Pinyin shu1
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Cangjie
 NMYIU
弓一卜戈山
Sijiao 1011.3
Wubi NHYQ
CNS 11643 1-5C2D
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+758F
GB2312 CAE8
BIG5 B2A8
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疏 shū to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation
Results beginning with 疏
疏忽 shū hu to neglect / to overlook / negligence / carelessness
疏散 shū sàn to scatter / to disperse / to evacuate / scattered / to relax
疏通 shū tōng to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text)
疏远 shū yuǎn to drift apart / to become estranged / to alienate / estrangement
疏导 shū dǎo to dredge / to open up a path for / to remove obstructions / to clear the way / to enlighten / persuasion
疏离 shū lí to become alienated / estranged / alienation / disaffection / set wide apart
疏漏 shū lòu to slip / to overlook by negligence / careless omission / oversight
疏于 shū yú to fail to pay sufficient attention to / to be negligent in regard to / to be lacking in
疏松 shū sōng to loosen
疏浚 shū jùn to dredge
疏失 shū shī to make a (careless) mistake / oversight
疏落 shū luò sparse / scattered
疏懒 shū lǎn indolent / careless
疏林  open forest
疏淡 shū dàn sparse / thin / distant
疏放 shū fàng eccentric / self-indulgent / free and unconventional (written style) / unbuttoned
疏附 Shū fù Shufu county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
疏剪 shū jiǎn to prune
疏解 shū jiě to mediate / to mitigate / to ease / to relieve
疏开 shū kāi to disperse
疏狂 shū kuáng uninhibited / unrestrained / unbridled
疏阔 shū kuò inaccurate / slipshod / poorly thought-out / distant / vague / long-separated / broadly scattered
疏勒 Shū lè Shule ancient name for modern Kashgar / Shule county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
疏理 shū lǐ to clarify (disparate material into a coherent narrative) / to marshal an argument
疏略 shū lu:è negligence / to neglect inadvertently
疏疏 shū shū sparse / blurred / old for 楚楚[chu3 chu3] / neat / lovely
疏率 shū shuài careless and rash / heedless
疏挖 shū wā to dredge / to dig out (a channel)
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疏附县 Shū fù xiàn Shufu county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
疏洪渠 shū hóng qú flood control channel
疏勒国 Shū lè guó Shule, oasis state in central Asia (near modern Kashgar) at different historical periods
疏勒县 Shū lè xiàn Shule county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
疏通费 shū tōng fèi facilitation payment / bribe
疏财仗义 shū cái zhàng yì distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom) / fig. generous in helping the needy
疏财重义 shū cái zhòng yì distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom) / fig. to give generously in a public cause
疏而不漏 shū ér bù lòu loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]) / the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
疏散人员  evacuees
疏散演习  evacuation drill
疏不见亲 shū bù jiàn qīn lit. casual aquaintances should not come between relatives / blood is thicker than water (idiom)
疏肝理气 shū gān lǐ qì to course the liver and rectify 氣|气[qi4] (TCM)
疏忽大意 shū hu dà yì oversight / negligence / careless / negligent / not concentrating on the main point
疏忽职守 shū hū zhí shǒu to neglect one's duties
疏谋少略 shū móu shǎo lu:è unable to plan / inept at strategy (idiom)
疏散措施 shū sàn cuò shī evacuation / measures to evacuate a building in an emergency
疏散星团 shū sàn xīng tuán open cluster
疏水箪瓢 shū shuǐ dān piáo little water and few utensils / to live a frugal life (idiom)
疏于防范 shū yú fáng fàn to neglect to take precautions / relaxed vigilance
Approximate Results for 疏
稀疏 xī shū sparse / infrequent / thinly spread
生疏 shēng shū unfamiliar / strange / out of practice / not accustomed
亲疏 qīn shū close and distant (relatives)
上疏 shàng shū (of a court official) to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
粗疏 cū shū coarse / rough / careless
荒疏 huāng shū to be out of practice / rusty
空疏 kōng shū shallow / empty
注疏 zhù shū commentary and subcommentary (of a book)
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稀疏冰 xī shū bīng open ice
骨质疏松 gǔ zhì shū sōng osteoporosis
紧急疏散 jǐn jí shū sàn emergency evacuation
才疏学浅 cái shū xué qiǎn (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom) / Pray forgive my ignorance,...
仗义疏财 zhàng yì shū cái to help the needy for justice (idiom) / to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
暗香疏影 àn xiāng shū yǐng (poetic depiction of plum blossom)
亲疏贵贱 qīn shū guì jiàn close and distant, rich and poor (idiom) / everyone / all possible relations
亲子疏离  parental alienation
火灾疏散  fire evacuation
局部疏散  partial evacuation
医疗疏失 yī liáo shū shī medical negligence / medical malpractice
骨质疏松症 gǔ zhì shū sōng zhèng osteoporosis
刑事疏忽罪  criminal negligence
立木稀疏的  understocked
报告和疏散中心  Reporting and Evacuation Centre / REC house
集装箱集疏运系统 jí zhuāng xiāng jí shū yùn xì tǒng container delivery system
安全疏散展期月津贴  Extended Monthly Security Evacuation Allowance
法网灰灰，疏而不漏 fǎ wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu The net of justice is wide, but no-one escapes.
天网灰灰，疏而不漏 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu The net of heaven is wide, but no-one escapes.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
天网恢恢，疏而不失 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
安全疏散计划和核生化问题工作组  Working Group on Security and Evacuation Plans and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical issues
第叁国疏散人员遣返问题高级委员会  High Committee for Repatriation of Third-Country Evacuees
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