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释 shì
1. 解说,说明: explain; clarify.
- 解~ (explain); 注~ (annotation); ~文 (explanatory text); ~义 (exegesis).
2. 消除,消散: eliminate; dissolve.
- ~疑 (remove doubts); ~怨 (resolve resentment); 涣然冰~ (as ice melts, all conflicts and doubts are completely eliminated).
3. 放开,放下: release; put down.
- ~放 (release); 保~ (let go); 手不~卷 (the hand does not release its grip).
4. 佛教创始人释迦牟尼的简称,后泛指佛教: an abbreviation for Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism; later generally refers to Buddhism.
- ~氏 (Sakyamuni); ~教 (Buddhism); ~子 (Buddhist monk); ~藏 (the complete collection of Buddhist scriptures, divided into three categories: sutras, rules, and treatises, including Chinese translations of Buddhist texts and some Chinese Buddhist writings); ~典 (classics).
释 shì
【本义】:脱掉,解下: The original meaning is to take off; unfasten.
【造字法】:形声。从采(biàn),睪(yì)声。采,有辨别、分析义: Phonetic compound, with 采 (to pick) indicating discernment and analysis.
1. 同本义: ([En.] take off; unfasten).
- 引: "释,解也。" From "Sayings," meaning "to untie."
2. 解释: ([En.] explain).
- 引: "乃使行人 奚斯释言于 齐。" He sent someone to explain.
3. 释放;赦免: ([En.] release; pardon).
- 引: "抱王竟听 郑袖,复释去 张仪。"
4. 舍弃;抛弃: ([En.] give up; abandon).
- 引: "故释先王之法,而法其所以为法。"
5. 放下;放开: ([En.] put down).
- 引: "有卖油翁释担而立。"
6. 消失: ([En.] disappear).
- 引: "虽欲爱君,惑不释也。"
7. 溶化;消融: ([En.] melt).
- 引: "涣兮其若冰之将释。"
8. 泡在水里或其他液体里: ([En.] soak).
- 引: "欲濡肉,则释而煎之以醢。"
9. 发,射出: ([En.] shoot).
- 引: "若虞机张,往省括于度,则释。"
10. 解除;免除: ([En.] remove; avoid; get rid of).
- 引: "不以一己之害为害,而使天下释其害。"
11. 淘米: ([En.] wash rice).
- 引: 《诗·大雅·生民》: "释之叟叟,烝之浮浮。"
释 shì (noun)
中国佛教用作释迦牟尼的简称 ([En:] Sakyamuni).
- 是佛陀的姓氏: It is the surname of the Buddha.
- 自东晋以后,佛教出家人自称释子,对外人而言称释氏: Since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Buddhist monks referred to themselves as 释子, while outsiders called them 释氏.
- 如: 释厄 (the troubles experienced by Tang Seng); 释老 (referring to Sakyamuni and Laozi; Buddhism and Daoism; also called “释道”).