排遣

páiqiǎn
  1. to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc)
  2. to dispel (negative thoughts etc)

CEDICT

to distract oneself from boredom or loneliness; to relieve one's negative emotions

Wiktionary

排除、解決。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 排 pái
  1. a row
  2. a line
  3. to set in order
  4. to arrange
  5. to line up
  6. to eliminate
  7. to drain
  8. to push open
  9. platoon
  10. raft
  11. classifier for lines, rows etc
2 遣 qiǎn
  1. (bound form) to dispatch; to send
  2. (bound form) to drive away; to dispel

Related entries

冰釋 bīngshì
  1. to dispel (enmity, misunderstandings etc)
  2. to vanish (of misgivings, differences of opinion)
  3. thaw (in relations)
打消 dǎxiāo
  1. to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc)
  2. to give up on
打消这种幼稚的念头吧。

Get rid of those kinds of naive ideas.

Source: Tatoeba

消釋 xiāoshì
  1. to dispel (doubts)
  2. to clear up (misunderstanding)
祛除 qūchú
  1. to dispel
  2. to clear
消解 xiāojiě
  1. to eliminate
  2. to dispel
  3. resolution
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