检 jiǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 佥 all, together, unanimous
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
检讨
jiǎntǎo
to examine one's mistakes; self-criticism; review
Characters in this word
讨 tǎo
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 事故发生后，项目负责人没有推卸责任，而是公开检讨了决策失误。 Shìgù fāshēng hòu, xiàngmù fùzérén méiyǒu tuīxiè zérèn, ér shì gōngkāi jiǎntǎo le juécè shīwù. After the accident, the project leader did not shirk responsibility but publicly reviewed the decision-making mistakes.
- 他做错了事，在全班同学面前认真检讨。 Tā zuò cuò le shì, zài quán bān tóngxué miànqián rènzhēn jiǎntǎo. He did something wrong and sincerely admitted his mistake in front of the whole class.
- 球队输了比赛，大家一起检讨哪里做得不好。 Qiúduì shū le bǐsài, dàjiā yìqǐ jiǎntǎo nǎlǐ zuò de bù hǎo. The team lost the match, and everyone reviewed together what had gone wrong.
Related words
- 检查 jiǎnchá to check; to examine
- 检测 jiǎncè test; to test
- 体检 tǐjiǎn medical checkup
- 检验 jiǎnyàn to test; to inspect
- 检察 jiǎnchá to inspect; procuratorial examination
- 讨论 tǎolùn to discuss
- 讨厌 tǎoyàn to hate; annoying
- 探讨 tàntǎo to discuss, to deliberate
- 研讨 yántǎo to discuss, to deliberate
- 乞讨 qǐtǎo to beg; to ask for alms
- 商讨 shāngtǎo to discuss; to confer
- 讨 tǎo to ask for; to demand