Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 - 放生 Free captive animals

放生

Pinyin: fàngshēng
Meaning：Free captive animals
Sentence：如果我厨房里有只苍蝇的话，他会花上半小时捉住它，然后再把它放生。If there was a fly in my kitchen, he'll catch it and spend half an hour before he set it free.

 

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放：

Pinyin: fàng
Meaning: To release; to free
Radical: 攵
Stokes: 8
Traditional: 放
Common words/Phrase:
放大 [fàngdà] 【enlarge】
放弃 [fàngqì] 【to renounce】
放映 [fàngyìng] 【project】
放心 [fàngxīn] 【to set one's mind at rest】
放假 [fàngjià] 【have a holiday】

 

生：

Pinyin: shēng
Meaning: Accrue; crude; give birth to; grow; living; procreate; rawness; student; unripe
Radical: 生
Stokes: 5
Traditional: 生
Common words/Phrase:
生育 [shēngyù] 【give birth to】
生殖 [shēngzhí ] 【give birth to】
生长 [shēngzhǎng] 【grow】
生存 [shēngcún] 【live; exist】
生态 [shēngtài]  【zoology】