鉴别
jiànbié
to distinguish, to discern
Part of speech · verb
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Examples
- 专家能鉴别文物的真伪。Experts can tell whether relics are genuine or fake.
- 我们要学会鉴别信息的真假。We must learn to distinguish true information from false.
Collocations
鉴别真伪鉴别能力鉴别文物难以鉴别
Mnemonic
鉴 jiàn "mirror, to scrutinize" + 别 bié "to distinguish": to scrutinize as in a mirror and distinguish, i.e. to discern, to tell apart. Same as the Korean word gam-byeol (鑑別). Carefully examining to tell genuine from fake, good from bad (鉴别真伪 to discern authenticity). 鉴 means "mirror, to scrutinize" (鉴定, 借鉴); 别 means "to divide, distinguish" (区别, 分别). It carries a sense of expert identification beyond mere distinguishing (区别).
Related
鉴定辨别区别识别
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