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Character Decomposition
别=另+刂
Etymology
To draw boundaries 刂 between classes 另
Meanings
surname Bie
to leave; to part (from)
(literary) to differentiate; to distinguish
(dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc)
(bound form) other; another; different
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to fasten with a pin or clip
to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement)
(noun suffix) category (as in,)
to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
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Words with 别 353 total
Idioms with 别 90 total
(Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦爱别离苦ài bié lí kǔThe Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang) · Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige)霸王别姬Bà wáng Bié Jīto hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality · to adopt an original approach别出心裁bié chū xīn cái