(jiě jué) - to solve, to resolve in Mandarin
jiějuéTraditional: 解決
Translation
to solve, to resolve
Word origin
解决 means 'to solve, to resolve': 解 (jiě, 'to untie, to separate', showing a knife 刀 parting a horn 角 from an ox 牛) plus 决 (jué, 'to decide', with 冫the ice radical). Together: to untie and settle a matter.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 解 (jiě, to untie: 角 horn + 刀 knife + 牛 ox) + 决 (jué, to decide)
Stroke order
解
决
Examples
。
We have to solve this problem.
。
He helped me resolve the trouble.
。
This matter is hard to resolve.
。
The matter has been settled.
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