| 解放 | jiě fàng | to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949; CL:次 |
| 放 | fàng | to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out; to set off (fireworks) |
| 解放军 | jiě fàng jūn | People's Liberation Army (i.e. the Chinese army) |
| 放出 | fàng chū | to let off; to give out |
| 放大 | fàng dà | to enlarge; to magnify |
| 放弃 | fàng qì | to renounce; to abandon; to give up |
| 释放 | shì fàng | to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge |
| 放松 | fàng sōng | to loosen; to relax |
| 放下 | fàng xia | to put down; to let go; to set aside; to digress |
| 开放 | kāi fàng | to bloom; to open; to be open-minded; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside) |
| 放大器 | fàng dà qì | amplifier |
| 放心 | fàng xīn | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease |
| 放电 | fàng diàn | electrical discharge |
| 放置 | fàng zhì | to put |
| 放牧 | fàng mù | graze |
| 放养 | fàng yǎng | to breed (livestock, fish, crops etc); to grow; to raise |
| 解放区 | Jiě fàng qū | Liberation city district; Jiefang district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市, Henan |
| 存放 | cún fàng | to deposit; to leave in sb's care |
| 放射 | fàng shè | to radiate; radioactive |
| 放火 | fàng huǒ | to set on fire; to commit arson; to create a disturbance |
| 放手 | fàng shǒu | let go; have a free hand; let go one's hold |
| 放射性 | fàng shè xìng | radioactive |
| 解放战争 | jiě fàng zhàn zhēng | War of Liberation (1945-49), when the Communists 共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛泽东 took over from the Nationalists 国民政府 under Chiang Kai-shek 蒋介石 |
| 发放 | fā fàng | provide; give; grant |
| 放映 | fàng yìng | to show (a movie); to screen |
| 下放 | xià fàng | to delegate; to decentralize; to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside |
| 放过 | fàng guò | to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth |
| 安放 | ān fàng | lay; place; put in a certain place |
| 堆放 | duī fàng | to pile up; to stack |
| 放水 | fàng shuǐ | to turn on the water; to let water out; to throw a game (sports) |
| 投放 | tóu fàng | to input; to throw in; to unload; to put into circulation |
| 百花齐放 | bǎi huā qí fàng | a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression |
| 放宽 | fàng kuān | to relax restrictions |
| 放声 | fàng shēng | to shout |
| 放大镜 | fàng dà jìng | magnifying glass |
| 粗放 | cū fàng | extensive; expansive; large-scale |
| 放射线 | fàng shè xiàn | radiation; rays of radiation |
| 放射性同位素 | fàng shè xìng tóng wèi sù | radioactive isotope; radioisotope |
| 放射性元素 | fàng shè xìng yuán sù | radioactive element |
| 放纵 | fàng zòng | to indulge; to pamper; to connive at; permissive; indulgent; self-indulgent; unrestrained; undisciplined; uncultured; boorish |
| 放肆 | fàng sì | wanton, unbridled |
| 放逐 | fàng zhú | to banish; to deport; to send into exile; to be marooned |
| 放任 | fàng rèn | to ignore; to let alone; to indulge |
| 流放 | liú fàng | banishment; exile |
| 放荡 | fàng dàng | unconventional; licentious; wanton; easy in one's morals |
| 放假 | fàng jià | to have a holiday or vacation |
| 施放 | shī fàng | to fire; to discharge; to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc) |
| 放射病 | fàng shè bìng | radiation sickness |
| 放债 | fàng zhài | to lend money (for interest); to give credit |
| 解放日报 | Jiě fàng rì bào | Liberation Daily, www.jfdaily.com |
