(liǎo jiě) - to understand, to be informed about in Mandarin

liǎojiě

Traditional: 瞭解

HSK 4

#350 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to understand, to be informed about

Word origin

了解 means to understand or be informed about. 了 (liǎo) here means to grasp or be clear about. 解 (jiě) means to untie or explain, an ideograph of a knife (刀) separating an ox's (牛) horn (角).

Origin: compound
Root: 了 (liǎo, to grasp) + 解 (jiě, to explain)

Stroke order

了

解

Examples

境jìng。

I understand his situation.

，。

Please tell me more so I can understand.

？

Do you know this person well?

。

I would like to learn more about Chinese culture.

。

He has a thorough grasp of the market situation.

了解 (liǎo jiě) - to understand, to be informed about.

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This word is part of lesson 7.