方便 fāng biàn convenient / suitable / to facilitate / to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself syn 解除 jiě chú to remove / to sack / to get rid of / to relieve (sb of their duties) / to free / to lift (an embargo) / to rescind (an agreement) syn 忧郁 憂鬱 yōu yù sullen / depressed / melancholy / dejected syn 济 濟 jì to cross a river / to aid or relieve / to be of help syn 换班 換班 huàn bān to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job 免除 miǎn chú to prevent / to avoid / to excuse / to exempt / to relieve / (of a debt) to remit syn 散心 sàn xīn to drive away cares / to relieve boredom syn 感伤 感傷 gǎn shāng sad / downhearted / sentimental / pathos / melancholy syn 止痛 zhǐ tòng to relieve pain / to stop pain / analgesic 援救 yuán jiù to come to the aid of / to save / to rescue from danger / to relieve syn 解毒 jiě dú to detoxify / to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine) 解闷 解悶 jiě mèn to relieve boredom or melancholy / a diversion syn 宽心 寬心 kuān xīn relieved / comforted / to relieve anxieties / at ease / relaxed / reassuring / happy syn 换岗 換崗 huàn gǎng to relieve a sentry / to change the guard 免职 免職 miǎn zhí to relieve sb of his post / to sack / to demote / dismissal / sacking syn 解手 jiě shǒu to relieve oneself (i.e. use the toilet) / to solve syn 救灾 救災 jiù zāi to relieve disaster / to help disaster victims 惆怅 惆悵 chóu chàng melancholy / depression syn 安神 ān shén to calm (soothe) the nerves / to relieve uneasiness of body and mind 解热 解熱 jiě rè to relieve fever 愁绪 愁緒 chóu xù melancholy syn 哀婉 āi wǎn (esp. of poetry, music) melancholy / sad and moving syn 换防 換防 huàn fáng to relieve a garrison / to change guard complement syn 悲愁 bēi chóu melancholy syn 解乏 jiě fá to relieve tiredness / to freshen up syn 解压 解壓 jiě yā to relieve stress / (computing) to decompress 多愁善感 duō chóu shàn gǎn melancholy and moody (idiom) / depressed personality syn 萧索 蕭索 xiāo suǒ bleak / desolate / melancholy syn 凄婉 淒婉 qī wǎn melancholy / moving and sad / sweet and piteous syn 祛风 祛風 qū fēng to relieve (cold, rheumatic pain etc) / lit. to dispel pathogenic wind (TCM) 围魏救赵 圍魏救趙 wéi wèi jiù zhào lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers syn 闷 悶 mèn bored / depressed / melancholy / sealed / airtight / tightly closed syn 郁 鬱 yù (bound form) (of vegetation) lush / luxuriant / (bound form) melancholy / depressed syn 抒 shū to express / to give expression to / variant of 紓|纾[shu1] / to relieve syn 纾 紓 shū abundant / ample / at ease / relaxed / to free from / to relieve syn 败火 敗火 bài huǒ relieve inflammation or internal heat 败毒 敗毒 bài dú (TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat / to detoxify 调防 調防 diào fáng to relieve a garrison syn 飒 颯 sà sound of wind / valiant / melancholy 懑 懣 mèn melancholy syn 疏解 shū jiě to mediate / to mitigate / to ease / to relieve 消愁解闷 消愁解悶 xiāo chóu jiě mèn lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom) / diversion from boredom / to dispel depression or melancholy / to relieve stress / a relaxing pass-time 多愁多病 duō chóu duō bìng much sorrows and illness (idiom) / melancholy and weakly 愊 bì melancholy / sincere 氉 sào restless, melancholy 散闷 散悶 sàn mèn to divert oneself from melancholy syn 面带愁容 面帶愁容 miàn dài chóu róng with a sad air / looking melancholy / with a worried look 落落寡欢 落落寡歡 luò luò guǎ huān melancholy / unhappy 排闷 排悶 pái mèn to divert oneself from melancholy 悢 liàng (literary) sad / melancholy 沉郁 沉鬱 chén yù melancholy / gloomy syn 以工代赈 以工代賑 yǐ gōng dài zhèn to provide work to relieve poverty 免去职务 免去職務 miǎn qù zhí wù to relieve from office / to sack 宽解 寬解 kuān jiě to relieve anxieties syn 恤匮 恤匱 xù kuì to relieve the distressed 济助 濟助 jì zhù to relieve and help 纾解 紓解 shū jiě to relieve / to ease (pressure) / to alleviate / to remove / to get rid of 解寒 jiě hán to relieve cold 解痛 jiě tòng to relieve pain / analgesic 解饿 解餓 jiě è to relieve hunger 赈捐 賑捐 zhèn juān money donation to relieve distress or famine 逐水 zhú shuǐ to relieve oedema through purging or diuresis (Chinese medicine) 揪痧 jiū shā folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation syn 卸责 卸責 xiè zé to avoid responsibility / to shift the responsibility onto others / (Tw) to relieve sb of their responsibilities (e.g. upon retirement) 