离

mythical beast (archaic)

surname Li

to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲

old variant of 凶[xiong1]

"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

terrible / fearful

vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine / variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]

trample

to deviate / to diverge / to wander

pretty close / very near / about right

monstrous and multicolored / grotesque and variegated

many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose

erhua variant of 不大離|不大离[bu4 da4 li2]

to stand by (sb) (idiom) / steadfast loyalty

not bad / pretty good / pretty close

to part / to separate / to deviate

carbon sequestration / carbon dioxide sequestration

offset distance

to talk shop all the time (idiom)

transmission distance

opto-isolator (electronics)

(chemistry) zwitterion

rigorous isolation

lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom) / fig. to find oneself utterly isolated

to be neither too familiar nor too distant / to keep sb at arm's length

inseparable

pretty close / just about right / not bad / same as 差不多