断舍离 (duàn shě lí) — (neologism, attested by 2012) decluttering; minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")

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1(neologism, attested by 2012) decluttering; minimalism (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 断捨離 "danshari", lit. "forgoing, discarding and letting go")

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断duànto break · to snap 舍shěto give up; to abandon · to give alms 离chīmythical beast (archaic)

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