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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb) / to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
(proverb) you can't always do as you like / one has to compromise in this world
sufficient grounds (law)
namely
reason / cause / predestined relationship (Buddhism)
our mindset frames how we view the world
freedom of the media
academic freedom
see 必經之路|必经之路[]
high points (of a document) / resume
freedom of the press
the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause
main points of a case / brief / summary
proper reason / reasonable grounds
without any reason / for no reason
to be unable (to do sth) / no reason to ... / without rhyme or reason
to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom) / to follow a proven formula
(constitutional) freedom of association
hydroxyl radical
free enterprise (in capitalist theory)
(law) deprivation of freedom
liberalization / freeing (from sth)
free radical
radical scavenger (chemistry)
free market
(number of) degrees of freedom (physics and statistics)
free will
libertarianism
romantic relationships based on free choice (as opposed to arranged courtship or marriage)
laissez-faire
easygoing / lax / unconstrained / unruly
(Tw) liberal profession / profession practiced independently rather than as an employee
free time (between organized activities)
liberal
free port
freediving
free enthalpy (thermodynamics) / Gibbs free energy
free jazz (music genre)
realm of freedom (philosophy)
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