| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 八九不離十 | 八九不离十 | bā jiǔ bù lí shí | pretty close; very near; about right |
| 斑駮陸離 | 斑驳陆离 | bān bó lù lí | variegated |
| 悲歡離合 | 悲欢离合 | bēi huān lí hé | joys and sorrows; partings and reunions - vicissitudes of life |
| 背井離鄉 | 背井离乡 | bèi jǐng lí xiāng | leave one's native place (especially against one's will) |
| 背離 | 背离 | bèi lí | deviate from; depart from |
| 別離 | 别离 | bié lí | take leave of; leave |
| 剝離 | 剥离 | bō lí | (of tissue, skin, covering, etc.) come off; peel off; be stripped |
| 不大離兒 | 不大离儿 | bù dà lí er | pretty close; just about right; not bad |
| 不即不離 | 不即不离 | bù jí bù lí | be neither too familiar nor too distant; keep sb at arm's length |
| 不可分離 | 不可分离 | bù kě fēn lí | inseparable |
| 不離兒 | 不离儿 | bù lí er | not bad; pretty good; pretty close |
| 撤離 | 撤离 | chè lí | withdraw from; evacuate |
| 傳輸距離 | 传输距离 | chuán shū jù lí | transmission distance |
| 等離子體 | 等离子体 | děng lí zǐ tǐ | (phys.) plasma |
| 電離 | 电离 | diàn lí | ion; ionized (e.g. gas) |
| 電離層 | 电离层 | diàn lí céng | ionosphere |
| 電離輻射 | 电离辐射 | diàn lí fú shè | ionization radiation; nuclear radiation |
| 電離能 | 电离能 | diàn lí néng | ionization potential |
| 電離室 | 电离室 | diàn lí shì | ionization chamber |
| 短距離 | 短距离 | duǎn jù lí | (n) stone's throw; short distance |
| 分離 | 分离 | fēn lí | to separate |
| 分離分子 | 分离分子 | fēn lí fèn zǐ | separatist |
| 分離主義 | 分离主义 | fēn lí zhǔ yì | separatism |
| 隔離 | 隔离 | gé lí | to separate; to isolate |
| 隔離檢疫 | 隔离检疫 | gé lí jiǎn yì | quarantine |
| 距離 | 距离 | jù lí | distance; to be apart |
| 離 | 离 | lí | to leave; to depart; to go away; from |
| 離別 | 离别 | lí bié | (v) to leave or part from (when going on a long journey) |
| 離不開 | 离不开 | lí bu kāi | inseparable; inevitably linked to |
| 離層酸 | 离层酸 | lí céng suān | abscisic acid |
| 離島 | 离岛 | lí dǎo | outlying islands |
| 離隊 | 离队 | lí duì | leave one's post |
| 離合器 | 离合器 | lí hé qì | clutch |
| 離婚 | 离婚 | lí hūn | to divorce; to be divorced from (one's wife or husband) |
| 離開 | 离开 | lí kāi | to depart; to leave |
| 離開北京 | 离开北京 | lí kāi Běi jīng | to leave Beijing; to depart from Beijing |
| 離開故鄉 | 离开故乡 | lí kāi gù xiàng | to leave one' homeland |
| 離奇 | 离奇 | lí qí | (adj) odd |
| 離奇有趣 | 离奇有趣 | lí qí yǒu qù | quaint |
| 離棄 | 离弃 | lí qì | abandon |
| 離去 | 离去 | lí qù | (vi) exit |
| 離任 | 离任 | lí rèn | to leave office; to leave one's post |
| 離散 | 离散 | lí sàn | discrete; scatter; disperse |
| 離散數學 | 离散数学 | lí sàn shù xué | discrete mathematics |
| 離散性 | 离散性 | lí sàn xìng | discreteness |
| 離石 | 离石 | Lí shí | (N) Lishi (place in Shanxi) |
| 離心機 | 离心机 | lí xīn jī | centrifuge |
| 離心力 | 离心力 | lí xīn lì | centrifugal force |
| 離休 | 离休 | lí xiū | (v) to retire (used for cadres who joined the communist party before October 1, 1949) |
| 離子 | 离子 | lí zǐ | ion |
| 離子變色 | 离子变色 | lí zǐ biàn sè | ionochromism |
| 離子交換 | 离子交换 | lí zǐ jiāo huàn | ion exchange |
| 鋰離子電池 | 锂离子电池 | lǐ lí zǐ diàn chí | lithium ion battery |
| 偏差距離 | 偏差距离 | piān chā jù lí | offset distance |
| 偏離 | 偏离 | piān lí | deviate; diverge; wander |
| 氣體離心 | 气体离心 | qì tǐ lí xīn | gas centrifuge |
| 擅離職守 | 擅离职守 | shàn lí zhí shǒu | AWOL (Absent Without Leave, military term) |
| 同位素分離 | 同位素分离 | tóng wèi sù fēn lí | isotopic separation |
| 脫離 | 脱离 | tuō lí | separate; break away |
| 形影不離 | 形影不离 | xíng yǐng bù lí | inseparable (as form and shadow) |
| 嚴格隔離 | 严格隔离 | yán gé gé lí | rigorous isolation |
| 陰離子部位 | 阴离子部位 | yīn lí zǐ bù wèi | anionic site |
| 遠距離監視 | 远距离监视 | yuǎn jù lí jiān shì | off-site monitoring |
| 遠離 | 远离 | yuǎn lí | removed from |
| 支離破碎 | 支离破碎 | Zhī lí pò suì | Half-Broken Things |
| 種族隔離 | 种族隔离 | zhǒng zú gé lí | (n) apartheid |
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