| fàng | to release/to free/to let go/to put/to place/to let out/to set off (fireworks) |
| 放 | to release to free to let go |
| 放下 | to put down to let go to set aside |
| 放下包袱 | to lay down a heavy burden |
| 放下屠刀 | drop the butcher's knife; reform an evildoer into a good person |
| 放下屠刀，立地成佛 | lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation to repent and be absolved of one's crimes |
| 放下武器 | to disarm; to lay down one's arms |
| 放不下 | to be unable to let go to be unable to stop (doing sth) |
| 放不下心 | cannot stop worrying |
| 放之四海而皆准 | appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable a panacea |
| 放任 | to ignore to let alone to indulge |
| 放任主义 | laissez faire |
| 放任政策 | laissez-faire policy non-interference |
| 放任自流 | to let sb do whatever they want to indulge to give free reins to |
| 放低 | to lower to be humble |
| 放债 | to lend money (for interest) to give credit |
| 放债人 | money scrivener; sowcar; soucar; scrivener; money-lender |
| 放假 | to have a holiday or vacation |
| 放像机 | videoplayer; magnescope |
| 放光 | kindling; outshine |
| 放养 | to breed (livestock, fish, crops etc) to grow to raise |