释

to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / Buddhism

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

old variant of 辨[bian4]

parole

to release on bail / to bail

as if relieved from a burden (idiom) / to have a weight off one's mind

marginal notes / annotation / to annotate / to add comments to text

to release (a prisoner)

to love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly

lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking

to dispel (doubts) / to clear up (misunderstanding)

to melt away (idiom) / to dissipate / to vanish

thermoluminescence

a brief explanation / to summarize

to forget former enmity (idiom)

true explanation / genuine reason

to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces

to release sb on bail

to dispel (enmity, misunderstandings etc) / to vanish (of misgivings, differences of opinion) / thaw (in relations)

to forget previous differences / to bury the hatchet

to be released on bail (law)

to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)

to collate and annotate / (on book titles) collated and annotated