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HSK
to understand / to realize / to find out
HSK 4
to comprehend; to understand
HSK 3
to bring relief / to alleviate (a crisis) / to dull (a pain)
HSK 4
to understand / to realize / to find out
HSK 4
to resolve / to decompose / to break down
HSK 5
to not understand / to be puzzled by / indissoluble
HSK 7-9
to dissolve / to resolve (contradictions) / to dispel (doubts) / to iron out (difficulties) / to defuse (conflicts) / to neutralize (fears)
HSK 6
to misunderstand / misunderstanding
HSK 5
to explain (a text)
lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview / not bothered with the details / superficial / content with shallow understanding
to mediate / to bring parties to an agreement
HSK 5
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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 dissolve
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to have a superficial knowledge of a subject; to know a smattering of sth
to explain
HSK 7-9
misinterpretation / mistaken explanation
to escort a criminal under guard (in former times)
to settle (a dispute out of court) / to reconcile / settlement / conciliation / to become reconciled
HSK 7-9
to explain / to justify / to defend (a point of view etc) / to provide an explanation / to try to defend oneself
HSK 7-9
to feel puzzled
HSK 7-9
factorization
hard to understand / incomprehensible
to disassemble
marriage counseling
to misrepresent / to misinterpret
illustration / diagram / graphical representation / to explain with the aid of a diagram
to eliminate / to dispel / resolution
to melt / molten / fig. to understand thoroughly
to have no solution
to feel perplexed
to understand / to make allowances for / understanding
HSK 7-9
to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought
to be puzzled / hard to understand / unintelligible / incomprehensible
to mediate / to reconcile / to make peace / to intervene
to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode / to crack (software)
HSK 7-9
opinion / view / understanding
HSK 7-9
to collapse / to fall apart
to mediate / to mitigate / to ease / to relieve
to straighten out / to explain / to ease sb's anxiety
singular solution (to a math. equation)
to require a solution / to seek to solve (an equation)
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surname Xie
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to transport under guard
insoluble (i.e. impossible to solve)
unresolved / awaiting solution
biodegradation
to annotate / annotation / comment / interpretation / to explain with notes / explanatory note
to seek an answer / to look for an explanation / to explain / explanation
to become caught up in an irresolvable situation (idiom)
notes / key (to exercises)
listening comprehension
to analyze
(chemistry) degradation / to degrade
to melt like ice and break like tiles / to disintegrate / to dissolve
optimal solution
electrolysis / electrolytic
to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble / to disrupt; to break up
unsolved (problem)
hydrolysis (chemical reaction with water)
to relieve / to ease (pressure) / to alleviate / to remove / to get rid of
easy to grasp / easily understood
pyrolysis / splitting (chemistry)
to be at a loss (idiom)
to explain in detail / detailed answer / full solution (to a math problem)
to listen to the next chapter for an explanation
thermal cleavage (i.e. sth splits when heated)
approximate solution
enigmatic knot hard to untie (idiom); thorny problem / intractable difficulty
glycolysis (anaerobic metabolism of glucose)
to pray to the gods for the avoidance of a misfortune
particular solution (to a math. equation)
fusion
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (abbr. for 巴勒斯坦解放組織|巴勒斯坦解放组织)
periodic solution (math.)
hard to solve / hard to dispel / hard to understand / hard to undo
to relieve anxieties
radiolysis
conciliation / mediation / to mollify / to propitiate / to reconcile
reading comprehension
soluble (i.e. can be solved)
to deliquesce / deliquescence (chemistry)
to defecate / to empty one's bowels
to urinate / to empty one's bladder
to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc)
(of a problem, equation etc) to have a solution; to be solvable
numerical solution
lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved
to dismember / (fig.) to break into parts
(Catholicism) to confess; confession
Venn diagram
variant of 肢解
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acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of and (old)
variant of 肢解


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