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HSK
to understand / to realize / to find out
HSK 4
to comprehend; to understand
HSK 3
clear / distinct / to understand thoroughly / to be clear about
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *懂* | 懂* | *懂
to understand / to comprehend
HSK 2
clear; obvious; unequivocal / sensible; reasonable / to understand; to realize
HSK 1
to understand; to know; to comprehend
HSK 2
to understand / to realize / to find out
HSK 4
to not understand / to be puzzled by / indissoluble
HSK 7-9
to go a step further / (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *了* | 了* | *了
to finish / (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无 or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了)
HSK 3
to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *解* | 解* | *解
to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection
HSK 6
to come to understand / to realize / consciousness / awareness / Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)
HSK 6
to understand tacitly (idiom) / to know intuitively / to understand thoroughly
lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise
amiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand
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  *明* | 明* | *明
bright / opposite: dark / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
to understand / to pay attention to / to take notice of
HSK 7-9
not clear / unknown / to fail to understand
sensible / reasonable / an obvious reason, truth or fact / to understand the reason or reasoning
the result (becomes apparent) / now one understands
to understand (on hearing) / to catch (what is spoken)
easy to understand
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  *瞭* | 瞭* | *瞭
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
HSK 3
to understand / to comprehend
HSK 7-9
to clarify / to fully understand
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
(Buddhism) to fully understand / to understand completely
to clearly understand
to understand what one is reading or watching
(of written or spoken material) easy to understand; accessible
hard to understand / incomprehensible
to understand (by hearing) / to catch (what sb says)
to understand / to comprehend / to grasp
HSK 7-9
to melt / molten / fig. to understand thoroughly
to understand profoundly / well-versed / skillful / practiced / to have the knack
to understand / to make allowances for / understanding
HSK 7-9
those who understand others are intelligent, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经)
to know the facts / to understand / to be familiar with the situation
to be puzzled / hard to understand / unintelligible / incomprehensible
to understand clearly; evident
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp the meaning
to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom) / (of language) simple and easy to understand
unable to understand / can't get the point
to not fully understand (idiom)
(literary) to receive and understand the contents of (a letter)
easy to understand
to not really understand / to half-understand
to understand instantly
to understand clearly / to be sensible or reasonable / understanding
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear / also written 明瞭|明了
to understand tacitly (idiom) / to know intuitively / to understand thoroughly
(idiom) to be well aware; to understand clearly
unable to understand / unable to get over
to know / to understand
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  *澀* | 澀* | *澀
astringent / tart / acerbity / unsmooth / rough (surface) / hard to understand / obscure
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
to understand clearly / evident
to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear
although I don't understand it, it seems pretty awesome (Internet slang)
(idiom) easy to understand
to understand completely
nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
to understand thoroughly / to see beyond the facade / to see through (sb)
to read and understand
lit. Martian language / fig. Internet slang used to communicate secret messages that the general public or government can't understand
to understand / to comprehend the ultimate essence of things (Buddhism)
hard to understand / difficult to deal with / knotty / complicated
difficult to understand / cryptic
a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
(coll.) expert; connoisseur; guru; enthusiast; geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person; person who understands life / (literary) optimist
simple / easy to understand
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me
to pretend to understand when you don't
not to understand the situation / unaware of the ins and outs
to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
hard to solve / hard to dispel / hard to understand / hard to undo
proficient (in sth) / to understand sth through and through
to not fully understand / to only partly understand
difficult to understand
to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns
to get sb to understand / to persuade
to empathize / to understand and sympathize
not to be censured too strictly (idiom) / not altogether inexcusable / understandable
to be very close / to understand each other


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