解释
jiěshì
to explain
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 老师又解释了一遍这个语法。The teacher explained this grammar point once more.
- 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.
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说明理解解决释
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