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jiě

to untie, to solve

A person unties a knot in a rope
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Character

解 jiě

Strokes
13
Radical
角 — angle, corner
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
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Example phrases

  • 这道题看似复杂,其实换个角度就能解。 Zhè dào tí kànsì fùzá, qíshí huàn gè jiǎodù jiù néng jiě. This problem seems complicated, but it can be solved from another angle.
  • 他花了很长时间才解开那个复杂的绳结。 Tā huā le hěn cháng shíjiān cái jiěkāi nàge fùzá de shéngjié. It took him a long time to untie that complicated knot.
  • 这道数学题太难了,老师也解不出来。 Zhè dào shùxué tí tài nán le, lǎoshī yě jiě bù chūlái. This maths problem is too hard, and even the teacher cannot solve it.

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