透彻 (tòuchè) — thorough; penetrating

Characters in this word

Strokes: 10
Radical: 辶 — to walk
Made of: 辶 to walk 秀 elegant, graceful, refined
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Strokes: 7
Radical: 彳 — to step with the left foot
Made of: 彳 to step with the left foot 切 to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

只有把历史背景讲透彻，学生才不会把事件理解得过于片面。 Zhǐyǒu bǎ lìshǐ bèijǐng jiǎng tòuchè, xuésheng cái bú huì bǎ shìjiàn lǐjiě de guòyú piànmiàn. Only by explaining the historical background thoroughly will students avoid an overly one-sided understanding of the event.
他对这本书的研究非常透彻，连细节都记得一清二楚。 Tā duì zhè běn shū de yánjiū fēicháng tòuchè, lián xìjié dōu jì de yīqīng'èrchǔ. He has studied this book extremely thoroughly and remembers even the smallest details.
医生把病情解释得很透彻，我们一下子就明白了。 Yīshēng bǎ bìngqíng jiěshì de hěn tòuchè, wǒmen yīxiàzi jiù míngbai le. The doctor explained the condition very clearly, and we understood everything at once.