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解释

jiěshì

to explain

Part of speech · verb

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 老师又解释了一遍这个语法。
    The teacher explained this grammar point once more.
  2. 这种现象很难解释。
    This kind of phenomenon is hard to explain.

Collocations

解释原因解释清楚做出解释难以解释

Mnemonic

解 jiě "to untie/resolve" + 释 shì "to explain/release": both mean "to unravel" = to explain. Same 解 as in 理解.

Related

说明理解解决

Quick check

  1. What sense do both characters of 解释 share?

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