解 jiě
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 角 — angle, corner
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
解围
jiěwéi
to help out of a difficult situation; to relieve a siege
Characters in this word
围 wéi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 韦 tanned leather
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 当谈判陷入僵局时，第三方调解人一句话巧妙地为双方解围。 Dāng tánpàn xiànrù jiāngjú shí, dì sānfāng tiáojiě rén yí jù huà qiǎomiào de wèi shuāngfāng jiěwéi. When the negotiations reached a stalemate, a third-party mediator skilfully helped both sides out of the awkward situation.
- 我正不知道怎么回答，朋友一句玩笑话帮我解围。 Wǒ zhèng bù zhīdào zěnme huídá, péngyou yí jù wánxiào huà bāng wǒ jiěwéi. Just as I did not know how to answer, a joke from my friend got me out of the awkward spot.
- 他在大家都沉默的时候站出来解围，会议才继续下去。 Tā zài dàjiā dōu chénmò de shíhou zhàn chūlái jiěwéi, huìyì cái jìxù xiàqù. He stepped forward to ease the awkwardness when everyone was silent, and only then did the meeting continue.
Related words
- 解决 jiějué to solve
- 解开 jiěkāi to untie; to undo
- 理解 lǐjiě to understand
- 缓解 huǎnjiě to ease; to relieve
- 解释 jiěshì to explain; explanation
- 了解 liǎojiě to understand; to know about
- 分解 fēnjiě to break down; to decompose
- 解除 jiěchú to remove; to cancel
- 解放 jiěfàng to liberate; liberation
- 调解 tiáojiě to mediate
- 误解 wùjiě to misunderstand
- 讲解 jiǎngjiě to explain