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获释

huò shì

2-character word Traditional 獲釋

What 获释 means

1. freed (from prison)
2. to obtain release

The characters in 获释

• 获huò(literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win
• 释shìto explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼

Example sentences

• 人质将在明天获释。
  Rénzhì jiāng zài míngtiān huòshì.
  The hostages will be released tomorrow.

Sounds the same

Read huò shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 或是or; either one or the other
• 祸事disaster; doom