Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
释放
shìfàng
Description
“释放”这个词的意思是让被关起来的人或者动物重新获得自由。
The word "释放" means to let a person or animal who is confined regain freedom.
它也可以用来说把能量、感情等放出来。
It can also be used to describe releasing energy, emotions, etc.
Meanings
释放shìfàng
to set free; to release (a person)
警察释放了那个人。
The police released that person.
释放shìfàng
to let out; to give off (energy, emotion)
运动可以释放压力。
Exercise can relieve stress.
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Notes
- Etymology
释 (to let go, explain) + 放 (to release), together meaning to set free.
- Nuance
释放 is more formal than 放, often used for prisoners or abstract things like pressure.
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