Definition & Meaning

1.release captive animals back into the wild; free captive animals

2.the Buddhist action of releasing small animals (fish, birds, etc.) from captivity

Word usage

Words with fang sheng

fàng shēng

放 生

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1
v.release captive animals back into the wild; free captive animals
- fàng shēng chí
  放生池
  pool for freeing captive fish
- wǎng dào yú hòu yòu bǎ tā fàng shēng wǒ tǐng kāi xīn de
  网到鱼后又把它放生，我挺开心的。
  I'm quite happy to net a fish and then let it go.
synonym
fàng yǎng放养 fàng guī放归
2
v.the Buddhist action of releasing small animals (fish, birds, etc.) from captivity
- tā céng jīng jiāng yī zhǐ luò rù yú wǎng de cí xìng dà bái shā fàng shēng
  他曾经将一只落入渔网的雌性大白鲨放生。
  Arnold Pointer set free from a certain death a big female White Shark that was caught in his fishing nets.
synonym
fàng guī放归

Word usage

Separable word
"放" and "生" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 他们一起去放过生。
  They freed the captive animals together.
- 他们把家里养的鱼全放了生。
  They set free all the fish raised at home.

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