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) 依依不舍 yī yī bù shě reluctant to part (idiom) / broken-hearted at having to leave syn 流连 流連 liú lián to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave) / to linger on syn 驽马恋栈 駑馬戀棧 nú mǎ liàn zhàn lit. a worn-out horse is reluctant to leave the stable (idiom) / fig. a mediocre worker clings to a good position 恋恋 戀戀 liàn liàn reluctant (to leave, to let go etc) 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 勉强 勉強 miǎn qiǎng to do with difficulty / to force sb to do sth / reluctant / barely enough syn 不舍 不捨 bù shè reluctant to part with (sth or sb) / unwilling to let go of syn 不舍 不捨 bù shě reluctant to part with (sth or sb) / unwilling to let go of syn 依依 yī yī reluctant to part / (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind syn 爱不释手 愛不釋手 ài bù shì shǒu (idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down / to find sth utterly irresistible syn 手软 手軟 shǒu ruǎn to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice syn 鸡肋 雞肋 jī lèi chicken ribs / sth of little value or interest / sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up / to be physically weak 恋恋不舍 戀戀不捨 liàn liàn bù shě reluctant to part syn 贪恋 貪戀 tān liàn to cling to / to be reluctant to give up (sth) / to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc) syn 嘴硬 zuǐ yìng reluctant to admit a mistake 惜别 惜別 xī bié reluctant to part 三缄其口 三緘其口 sān jiān qí kǒu (idiom) reluctant to speak about it / tight-lipped syn 恋栈 戀棧 liàn zhàn to be reluctant to give up a post 老马恋栈 老馬戀棧 lǎo mǎ liàn zhàn lit. the old horse loves his stable / fig. sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (idiom) 食之无味，弃之可惜 食之無味，棄之可惜 shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom) / fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them 惜售 xī shòu to be reluctant to sell sth 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 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 走人 zǒu rén (coll.) to leave / to beat it 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) 溜走 liū zǒu to slip away / to leave secretly syn 动身 動身 dòng shēn to go on a journey / to leave syn 进退 進退 jìn tuì to advance or retreat / knowing when to come and when to leave / a sense of propriety 离家出走 離家出走 lí jiā chū zǒu to leave home (to live somewhere else) 出山 chū shān to leave the mountain (of a hermit) / to come out of obscurity to a government job / to take a leading position 停放 tíng fàng to park (a car etc) / to moor (a boat etc) / to leave sth (in a place) syn 下地 xià dì to go down to the fields / to get up from bed / to leave one's sickbed / to be born 