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诠释

quánshì

to interpret; to expound

A director behind a camera films a lonely actor on a bare stage
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Characters in this word

诠 quán

Strokes
8
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 全 whole, entire, complete
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 诠

释 shì

Strokes
12
Radical
釆 — to distinguish
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 释

Example phrases

  • 这位导演用极简的镜头语言诠释了人物内心的孤独与抗争。 Zhè wèi dǎoyǎn yòng jíjiǎn de jìngtóu yǔyán quánshì le rénwù nèixīn de gūdú yǔ kàngzhēng. This director used extremely minimalist cinematic language to interpret the character's inner loneliness and resistance.
  • 学者们在书中详细诠释了这句古诗的深刻含义。 Xuézhěmen zài shū zhōng xiángxì quánshì le zhè jù gǔshī de shēnkè hányì. The scholars explained in detail the profound meaning of this line of classical poetry in their book.
  • 每个人对幸福都有不同的诠释,没有标准答案。 Měi gèrén duì xìngfú dōu yǒu bùtóng de quánshì, méiyǒu biāozhǔn dá'àn. Everyone has a different interpretation of happiness; there is no standard answer.

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