彻底
chèdǐ
thorough; thoroughly
Part of speech · adjective / adverb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 他们彻底解决了这个问题。They solved this problem thoroughly.
- 请把房间彻底打扫一遍。Please clean the room thoroughly.
Collocations
彻底解决彻底改变彻底打扫彻底失败
Mnemonic
彻 chè "to penetrate through" + 底 dǐ "the bottom": penetrating to the very bottom, i.e. thorough, complete (to the end). Adjective/adverb (彻底解决, to solve thoroughly). The 彻 is in 贯彻 (to carry out) and 透彻 (thorough). Distinguish 彻底 (thorough, to the end) from 完全 (wánquán, completely, entirely). 彻底失败 = a total failure.
Related
完全透彻充分彻头彻尾
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