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破解

pòjiě

to crack; to decode; to solve

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Characters in this word

破 pò

Strokes
10
Radical
石 — stone, rock, mineral
Made of
石 stone, rock, mineral 皮 skin, hide, fur, feathers
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

解 jiě

Strokes
13
Radical
角 — angle, corner
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 解

Example phrases

  • 研究团队利用新的算法破解了困扰业界多年的加密难题。 Yánjiū tuánduì lìyòng xīn de suànfǎ pòjiě le kùnrǎo yèjiè duō nián de jiāmì nántí. The research team used a new algorithm to crack an encryption problem that had troubled the industry for years.
  • 警察终于破解了手机的密码。 Jǐngchá zhōngyú pòjiě le shǒujī de mìmǎ. The police finally cracked the phone's password.
  • 这个孩子只用了十分钟,就破解了这道难题。 Zhège háizi zhǐ yòng le shí fēnzhōng, jiù pòjiě le zhè dào nántí. This child cracked the hard puzzle in just ten minutes.

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