放下 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
- forgo verb To choose to go without something, even though you could have it.
- lower verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.
- pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
- reconcile verb To restore a friendly relationship between people after a disagreement.
- replace verb To put something new in the place of something old, broken, or lost.
- sling verb To throw something with a swinging or arcing motion.
- toss verb To throw something lightly or carelessly, usually with an upward motion.
Senses
放下 is used for these senses in English:
- abandon (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
- cast To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- forgo (literary) To refrain from, to abstain from.
- hang up (intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.
- hold off (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).
- lay off (transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone; to leave (someone) alone.
- lower (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
- pitch (transitive) To throw.
abandon — full definition
- verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
- noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".
cast — full definition
- verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
- verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
- verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
- noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
- noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.