Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 疏

surname Shu

variant of 疏 (shū)

to dredge
to clear away obstruction
thin
sparse
scanty
distant (relation)
not close
to neglect
negligent
to present a memorial to the Emperor
commentary
annotation

to be out of practice
rusty

sparse
scattered

to make a (careless) mistake
oversight

to loosen

unfamiliar
strange
out of practice
not accustomed

to disperse

to unblock
to dredge
to clear the way
to get things flowing
to facilitate
to mediate
to lobby
to explicate (a text)

indolent
careless

to mediate
to mitigate
to ease
to relieve

close and distant (relatives)

to dredge
to dig out (a channel)

to slip up; to overlook by negligence
careless omission; oversight

to dredge
to open up a path for
to remove obstructions
to clear the way
to enlighten
persuasion

negligence
to neglect inadvertently

careless and rash
heedless

shallow
empty

commentary and subcommentary (of a book)

coarse
rough
careless

to become alienated
estranged
alienation
disaffection
set wide apart

idle; leisurely; laid-back
Taiwan pr. (shusān)

to clarify (disparate material into a coherent narrative)
to marshal an argument

inaccurate
slipshod
poorly thought-out
distant
vague
long-separated
broadly scattered

sparse
infrequent
thinly spread

Shule ancient name for modern Kashgar
Shule county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區／喀什地区 ( Kāshídìqū), west Xinjiang

eccentric
self-indulgent
free and unconventional (written style)
unbuttoned

to dredge

(of a court official) to present a memorial to the emperor (old)

to neglect
to overlook
negligence
carelessness

to prune

to fail to pay sufficient attention to
to be negligent in regard to
to be lacking in

sparse
blurred
old for 楚楚 (chǔchǔ)
neat
lovely

to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate
scattered; sparse

to drift apart
to become estranged
to alienate
estrangement

uninhibited
unrestrained
unbridled

to thin fruit (to increase fruit size etc)

sparse
thin
distant

Shufu county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區／喀什地区 ( Kāshídìqū), west Xinjiang

facilitation payment
bribe

Shufu county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區／喀什地区 ( Kāshídìqū), west Xinjiang

Shule, oasis state in central Asia (near modern Kashgar) at different historical periods

Shule county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區／喀什地区 ( Kāshídìqū), west Xinjiang

yīliáoshūshī

medical negligence
medical malpractice

shūshuǐdānpiáo

little water and few utensils
to live a frugal life (idiom)

to course the liver and rectify 氣／气 (qì) (TCM)

oversight
negligence
careless
negligent
not concentrating on the main point

shūyúfángfàn

to neglect to take precautions
relaxed vigilance

zhàngyìshūcái

to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy

shūcáizhàngyì

distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom); fig. generous in helping the needy

gǔzhìshūsōng

osteoporosis

shūbùjiànqīn

lit. casual aquaintances should not come between relatives
blood is thicker than water (idiom)

shū'érbùlòu

loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子 ( Lǎozǐ)); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape

cáishūxuéqiǎn

(humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...

jǐnjíshūsàn

emergency evacuation

shūmóushǎolüè

(idiom) unable to plan; inept at strategy

ànxiāngshūyǐng

(poetic depiction of plum blossom)

shūsàncuòshī

evacuation
measures to evacuate a building in an emergency

qīnshūguìjiàn

close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone
all possible relations

shūcáizhòngyì

distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom); fig. to give generously in a public cause

shūhūzhíshǒu

to neglect one's duties

gǔzhìshūsōngzhèng

骨质疏松症

[骨質疏鬆症]

osteoporosis

fǎwǎnghuīhuī,shū'érbùlòu

法网灰灰，疏而不漏

[法網灰灰，疏而不漏]

The net of justice is wide, but no-one escapes.

tiānwǎnghuīhuī,shū'érbùshī

天网恢恢，疏而不失

[天網恢恢，疏而不失]

lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
you can't run from the long arm of the law

tiānwǎnghuīhuī,shū'érbùlòu

天网恢恢，疏而不漏

[天網恢恢，疏而不漏]

lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
you can't run from the long arm of the law