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  • 1

    v.separate; sever; isolate

    • tā men yào bǎ jiào xué yǔ yán jiū fēn lí kāi lái

      他们教学研究分离开来

      They want to separate teaching from research.

    • yán jiū rén yuán réng rán zài shì tú fēn lí dǎo zhì zhè zhǒng jī xíng de jī yīn

      研究人员仍然试图分离导致这种畸形基因

      Researchers are still trying to isolate the gene that causes this abnormality.

    • rú guǒ tí qián jǐ gè xiǎo shí pèi zhì zhè zhǒng hùn hé wù jiù kě néng huì fēn lí

      如果提前小时配制这种混合物可能分离

      If prepared many hours ahead, the mixture may separate out.

  • 2

    v.leave; part; bid farewell to

    • fēn lí le duō nián de xiōng di chóng féng le

      分离多年兄弟重逢

      The brothers met again after many years apart.

    • yǔ péng you men fēn lí shǐ tā shāng xīn

      朋友分离使伤心

      Separation from his friends made him sad.

    • tā men fā shì yǒng bù fēn lí

      他们发誓分离

      They swore never to be separated.