to release (a prisoner); to set free; to release (energy, gas, resources); to express (emotions, goodwill, intentions)

to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)

to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality

to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949; CL:次[ci4]

to exile; to banish; to deport; to float (logs) downstream