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解剖

jiěpōu

to dissect; to analyse

A person cuts an orange in half, with a magnifying glass nearby.
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Characters in this word

解 jiě

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

Strokes
10
Radical
刂 — knife
Made of
咅 to spit out 刂 knife
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
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Example phrases

  • 医学院学生第一次解剖遗体时,老师反复强调尊重和感恩。 Yīxuéyuàn xuéshēng dì yī cì jiěpōu yítǐ shí, lǎoshī fǎnfù qiángdiào zūnzhòng hé gǎn'ēn. When medical students dissected a body for the first time, the teacher repeatedly emphasised respect and gratitude.
  • 生物课上,同学们第一次解剖青蛙,有人紧张得不敢看。 Shēngwù kè shàng, tóngxuémen dì yī cì jiěpōu qīngwā, yǒu rén jǐnzhāng de bù gǎn kàn. In biology class the students dissected a frog for the first time, and some were too nervous to look.
  • 这篇文章深入解剖了一个普通家庭的矛盾。 Zhè piān wénzhāng shēnrù jiěpōu le yí ge pǔtōng jiātíng de máodùn. This article takes a deep look into the conflicts of an ordinary family.

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