公假 gōng jià official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business) 退场 退場 tuì chǎng to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave 留白 liú bái to leave a message / to leave some empty space in a work of art / to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc) 娱乐假津贴 娛樂假津貼 leave welfare allowance / recreational leave allowance / recreational leave welfare allowance 假别 假別 jià bié category of leave (maternity leave, sick leave etc) 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 没法儿 沒法兒 méi fǎ r (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ... / it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) syn 留言 liú yán to leave a message / to leave one's comments / message 走路 zǒu lù to walk / to go on foot / to leave / to depart / (informal) to clear off / to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job / to get out syn 留空 liú kòng to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free 离职 離職 lí zhí to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study) / to leave one's job / to resign syn 别离 別離 bié lí to take leave of / to leave / separation syn 闯荡 闖盪 chuǎng dàng to leave home to make one's way in the world / to leave the life one knows to seek success syn 离任 離任 lí rèn to leave office / to leave one's post syn 遗落 遺落 yí luò to leave behind (inadvertently) / to forget / to omit / to leave out syn 下逐客令 xià zhú kè lìng to ask sb to leave / to show sb the door / to give a tenant notice to leave 留余地 留餘地 liú yú dì to leave room to maneuver / to leave a margin for error syn 落 là to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind syn 安土重迁 安土重遷 ān tǔ zhòng qiān to hate to leave a place where one has lived long / to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it syn 来去无踪 來去無蹤 lái qù wú zōng come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and leave without a trace 留尾巴 liú wěi ba to leave loose ends / to leave matters unresolved 留话 留話 liú huà to leave word / to leave a message 逃席 táo xí to leave a banquet (without taking one's leave) 带薪 帶薪 dài xīn to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc) / paid (leave) / on full pay 第二回籍假国 第二回籍假國 alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country 替代回籍假国 替代回籍假國 alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country 中途退场 中途退場 zhōng tú tuì chǎng to leave in the middle of the play / (fig.) to leave before the matter is concluded 退院 tuì yuàn to leave the hospital / (old) (of a monk) to leave the monastery 无薪假 無薪假 wú xīn jià unpaid leave / leave without pay 留名 liú míng to leave one's name / to leave one's mark 离场 離場 lí chǎng to leave the venue / (of an athlete) to leave the field / (of an investor) to exit the market / (of an aircraft) to depart 闪人 閃人 shǎn rén (coll.) to beat it / to take French leave 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn 促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 炸 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn 熊 xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack syn 蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life) 跟手 gēn shǒu (coll.) while doing it / on the way through / (coll.) immediately / at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements syn 过节儿 過節兒 guò jié r (coll.) grudge / strife / (coll.) good manners 𪨊 㞞 sóng (coll.) semen / (coll.) weak and incompetent 榆木脑袋 榆木腦袋 yú mù nǎo dai (coll.) thickhead / (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead) 念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 念想儿 念想兒 niàn xiang r (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 串串 chuàn chuàn (coll.) skewers / barbecued food on sticks / (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1]) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat) / mutt / mixed-breed cat 离开 離開 lí kāi to depart / to leave syn 出口 chū kǒu an exit / CL:個|个[ge4] / to speak / to export / (of a ship) to leave port syn 分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn 留下 liú xià to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go syn 走出 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc) / to go out through (a door etc) 前往 qián wǎng to leave for / to proceed towards / to go to syn 出台 出臺 chū tái to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 起身 qǐ shēn to get up / to leave / to set forth syn 离去 離去 lí qù to leave / to exit syn 告别 告別 gào bié to leave / to part from / to bid farewell to / to say goodbye to syn 出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad / to leave the country syn 出场 出場 chū chǎng (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue syn 存放 cún fàng to deposit / to store / to leave in sb's care syn 下场 下場 xià chǎng to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) syn 间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) syn 挂机 掛機 guà jī to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc) 离别 離別 lí bié to leave (on a long journey) / to part from sb syn 打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn 请假 請假 qǐng jià to request leave of absence syn 走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave / to walk away / to beat it / to move aside syn 出走 chū zǒu to leave home / to go off / to run away syn 遗留 遺留 yí liú to leave behind / to hand down syn 出院 chū yuàn to leave hospital / to be discharged from hospital 闲置 閒置 xián zhì to leave sth unused / to lie idle syn 出厂 出廠 chū chǎng to leave the factory (of finished goods) 完备 完備 wán bèi faultless / complete / perfect / to leave nothing to be desired syn 留恋 留戀 liú liàn reluctant to leave / to hate to have to go / to recall fondly syn 出境 chū jìng to leave a country or region / outbound (tourism) syn 留空 liú kōng leave blank spaces in writing 遗失 遺失 yí shī to lose / to leave behind (inadvertently) syn 跳槽 tiào cáo to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere 省略 shěng lüè to leave out / an omission syn 告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye / to take one's leave syn 休假 xiū jià to go on vacation / to have a holiday / to take leave syn 游离 遊離 yóu lí to disassociate / to drift away / to leave (a collective) / free (component) 撤出 chè chū to withdraw / to leave / to retreat / to pull out syn 开往 開往 kāi wǎng (of a bus, train etc) to leave for / heading for syn 遗弃 遺棄 yí qì to leave / to abandon syn 烙印 lào yìn to brand (cattle etc) / brand / (fig.) to leave a lasting mark / to stigmatize / mark / stamp / stigma 残余 殘餘 cán yú remnant / relic / residue / vestige / surplus / to remain / to leave surplus syn 出外 chū wài to go out / to leave for another place syn 下海 xià hǎi to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc) 