谅 liàng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 京 capital city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
谅解
liàngjiě
to understand; to forgive; understanding
Characters in this word
解 jiě
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 角 — angle, corner
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 由于航班连续延误，航空公司请求乘客谅解，并承诺承担住宿费用。 Yóuyú hángbān liánxù yánwù, hángkōng gōngsī qǐngqiú chéngkè liàngjiě, bìng chéngnuò chéngdān zhùsù fèiyòng. Because the flights were repeatedly delayed, the airline asked passengers for understanding and promised to cover accommodation costs.
- 对不起，我迟到了，请你谅解。 Duìbuqǐ, wǒ chídào le, qǐng nǐ liàngjiě. Sorry, I'm late, please be understanding.
- 朋友误会了我，后来听完解释，他很快就谅解了。 Péngyou wùhuì le wǒ, hòulái tīngwán jiěshì, tā hěn kuài jiù liàngjiě le. My friend misunderstood me, but after hearing my explanation he soon forgave me.
Related words
- 体谅 tǐliàng to understand; to show consideration for
- 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