Traditional:

离 (lí) is a Chinese word meaning “to leave; to part from; to be away from”.

Meanings

  1. 1to leave
  2. 2to part from
  3. 3to be away from
  4. 4(in giving distances) from
  5. 5without (sth)
  6. 6independent of
  7. 7one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire
  8. 8
Part of speech
verb, preposition

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