to renounce; to abandon; to discard something like an opinion, right, or hope

To release tension; to become less tense, anxious, or stressed, as in relaxing one's mind or muscles

to lay or put down a physical object; to lower something like blinds or a curtain

to open for public use or traffic; to be in operation, as in a library or park; to open to the world

To release one's grip; to let go of something or someone.

to set free from oppression, exploitation, or foreign rule; to emancipate

To set one's mind at rest; to feel reassured or at ease; to have confidence in someone or trust them.

To set someone free from detention or imprisonment; to liberate

to issue or distribute money or materials, especially by a government or organization

to let go of one's hold; to release what one is grasping

The policy of reforming the political and economic system and opening the country to the outside world, initiated in the late 1970s.

To broadcast or transmit sound and video via radio, television, or computer; to play back recordings such as music or films.

To have or be on a holiday, vacation, or day off; to stop working or studying during a scheduled break.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA); the armed forces of the People's Republic of China

to put; to place; to set something down in or on a location

to enlarge, magnify, or amplify; to make an image, sound, or area bigger

to discharge or emit, such as waste water or exhaust gas

To pass gas from the anus; to break wind.

To let someone off or let them get away with something; to forgive or spare someone.

to throw in; to input; to drop or place something into a specific location

To finish classes for the day and leave school

To emit rays of light or energy from a central point outward; also used to describe radioactivity.

to put or set something in a specific location or position; to install

to banish or deport a criminal to a remote area as a form of punishment

open style; open-plan; designed without walls or barriers

to put in a specific place; to set up; to lay out; to display

to let out; to let off; to emit or give out

To deposit or leave something (items or money) in the care of another; to store or place for safekeeping.

To be unable to let go of a thought or feeling; to be worried about or preoccupied with something; to be unable to stop doing something.

to show a movie; to project a film or slides on a screen or wall

To loosen or relax rules, standards, or restrictions; to liberalize or broaden a policy

to bloom; to open up (of flowers)

People's Liberation Army (PLA); the unified armed forces of the People's Republic of China.

to eat or drink as much as one possibly can; to eat or drink to one's heart's content

to broadcast or announce; to play over a loudspeaker system

radiotherapy; to treat an illness using radiation such as X-rays or gamma rays to destroy cancer cells

the property of certain elements to spontaneously emit radiation as their atomic nuclei decay; also used to describe things that are radioactive

to banish, deport, or send a person to a remote area as a punishment; to be marooned

to park a vehicle; to moor a boat; to place or leave something temporarily in a certain location

To be undisciplined in behavior or act according to one's own will without restraint; to break rules of conduct without regard for social norms

To transfer power, tasks, or authority from a higher level to a lower level; to decentralize.

to reduce the speed or pace of something; to slow down

to replay or play back a recording, such as a video or audio clip

to survey or view broadly; to scan widely or look into the distance

To intentionally set something on fire or commit arson

morally unrestrained or living a wild life; licentious; wanton; unconventional

to pile up; to stack; to put things together in a heap

to release electricity from a battery or capacitor; an electrical discharge resulting in sparks or sound when opposite charges meet

to light or set off firecrackers, fireworks, or explosives