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了解 liǎojiě

了解 liǎojiě Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 了解 liǎojiě .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
liǎojiě | liao3 jie3
English translation
to understand
to realize
to find out

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Traditional form

了解 liǎojiě

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 了解 liǎojiě

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le

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a young child, similar to but without arms. Relation to meaning uncertain. Sometimes explained as a derivation from by cutting off the arms, depicting something being cut short or finished.

Positional decomposition

乛亅

Number of Strokes

2
Xiè

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts separating ( Xiè ) the horns ( Jué ) from a cow ( Niú ) using a knife ( Dāo ).

Positional decomposition

Jué 刀牛

Number of Strokes

13

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Example sentences using 了解 liǎojiě

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zhè běn 小册子 xiǎo cè zi 使 shǐ 我们 wǒmen duì 国外 guó wài de 生活 shēnghuó 情况 qíngkuàng yǒu le 初步 chūbù 了解 liǎojiě .

The booklet initiates us into the problems of living abroad.

主要 zhǔyào de 限制 xiànzhì 因子 yīn zǐ shì duì yún de 了解 liǎojiě .

The primary limiting factor is the specification of clouds.

běn jiē de 目的 mùdì jiù shì 了解 liǎojiě 一下 yīxià 梯度 tī dù de 基本 jīběn 内容 nèiróng .

The intent here is to identify the basic ingredients of gradient methods.

难道 nándào Huán 了解 liǎojiě 那个 nà ge ǎi rén de 倔强 juéjiàng ?

Have you learned nothing of the stubbornness of Dwarves?

jiǎ 尔斯, xiǎng 了解 liǎojiě 一下 yīxià 激光 jī guāng . 对此 dòu Guò 不少 bù shǎo 资料 zīliào , ér què 一无所知 yī wú suǒ zhī .

I want to know something, Giles, about laser beams. You've read the subject up, but I know nothing about it.

了解 liǎojiě Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 了解 liǎojiě and their own compounds.

了解 liǎojiě Compounds

See all 26 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 了解 liǎojiě in their composition.

  • le
    • hēng
      • hēng , pēng , tíng , hēng , , , ,
    • liáo , Liáo , liǎo , , , ,
  • Xiè
    • xiè , xiè , xiè , , xiè , xiè , xiè , xiè , xiào , ,
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