to disperse or move people, materials, or equipment from a concentrated area for safety; to scatter

to become estranged or drift apart; to alienate; (of a relationship) distant or cold

to clear a waterway by removing blockages; to dredge or open up a path for water to flow

loose; puffy; not dense

to overlook or fail to notice something through carelessness

to dredge or clear an obstruction, as in a pipe or waterway; to unblock

few and scattered; thinly spread in time or space

rusty or unskillful due to a long period of neglect or lack of practice

To be careless or fail to pay sufficient attention to a particular matter or situation.

to miss or omit something through negligence; to slip up

To clear out silt or deepen a riverbed to allow water to flow freely.

(of a court official in former times) to submit a written memorial or report to the throne

the degree of closeness or distance in relationships; the extent to which people are intimate or estranged

to be neglectful and careless; oversight or negligence

the degree of spacing between things; how sparse or dense something is

to ease or mitigate a congested or tense situation, such as traffic or pressure; to unjam a bottleneck

The way of Heaven is fair and allows no guilty person to escape; used to say that justice has a long arm and will eventually catch up with wrongdoers

an official document submitted by a minister or official to an emperor in imperial China; also known as [[奏章|奏章|zou4 zhang1]] or [[奏议|奏議|zou4 yi4]]

A medical condition where bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue.

The collective name for traditional annotations of classical texts, consisting of the original commentary [[注|注|zhu4]] and the subcommentary [[疏|疏|shu1]] explaining it

to become estranged or stop seeing each other due to a long separation

careless and inattentive; rough and sloppy in one's work

Shule, an ancient city and modern county in Kashgar prefecture, west Xinjiang

to put in order; to sort out disparate material or arguments into a coherent structure; to organize

thinly scattered; widely spaced and airy

(idiom) to have little talent and shallow learning; often used as a humble expression to describe oneself

sparse and thin; used to describe elements in a composition like clouds or foliage

(literary) describing branches and leaves that are lush, flourishing, and well-spaced

to neglect to take precautions; to be careless or lax in one's vigilance

to be a total stranger in a new location or department where one does not know the people or the environment

scattered; thin; few and far between

to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy for the sake of justice; to value principle over money

To have lofty aspirations while lacking the actual ability to achieve them.

desolate and lonely; empty and silent

indolent; lazy and careless; slack; free and easy

Shule County, located in [[喀什地区|喀什地區|ka1 shi2 di4 qu1]] in western Xinjiang.

thinly scattered; few and far between

to dredge or dig out a channel

Shufu county in Kashgar prefecture, west Xinjiang

to become rusty or out of practice due to a lack of study or training over a long period; usually refers to academic studies or technical skills

to prune trees or plants by cutting off excess or useless branches

(literary) inaccurate or imprecise; poorly thought-out or impractical; careless

unrestrained; free and natural in style or behavior; unconventional; lax or loose

Shufu county in Kashgar prefecture [[喀什地区|喀什地區|ka1 shi2 di4 qu1]], west Xinjiang

A person with distant relations cannot sow discord between those who are close; also written as [[远不间亲|遠不間親|yuan3 bu4 jian4 qin1]].

a payment made to speed up a process or clear an obstacle; a bribe

To remove excess or weak seedlings to make room for others to grow better

(literary) a poetic description of the subtle fragrance and sparse shadows of plum blossoms; often used as a metaphor or alternate name for the plum flower itself. Derived from the poem "Little Plum Blossoms in a Mountain Garden" by Lin Bu.

luxuriant foliage with branches and leaves well-spaced and flourishing