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领会

lǐnghuì

to understand; to grasp

A student nods over an open book with a star above the page
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Characters in this word

领 lǐng

Strokes
11
Radical
页 — page, sheet, leaf
Made of
令 command, decree, order 页 page, sheet, leaf
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

会 huì

Strokes
6
Radical
人 — man, person
Made of
人 man, person 云 cloud
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 只有把案例放在制度背景下,学生才能领会判决背后的逻辑。 Zhǐyǒu bǎ ànlì fàng zài zhìdù bèijǐng xià, xuéshēng cái néng lǐnghuì pànjué bèihòu de luójí. Only by placing the case within its institutional context can students grasp the logic behind the judgement.
  • 老师讲得很清楚,可我还是没领会他的意思。 Lǎoshī jiǎng de hěn qīngchu, kě wǒ háishi méi lǐnghuì tā de yìsi. The teacher explained it very clearly, but I still didn't grasp what he meant.
  • 要领会一首诗的美,需要慢慢读,反复想。 Yào lǐnghuì yì shǒu shī de měi, xūyào mànmàn dú, fǎnfù xiǎng. To appreciate the beauty of a poem, you need to read it slowly and think it over again and again.

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