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to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem) / to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
HSK 3
to untie / to undo / to solve (a mystery)
HSK 3
to investigate (as detective) / to solve (crime) / to uncover (a plot) / to sniff out / to break in and analyze / detective work / to scout
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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
problem or question solved for illustrative purposes in the classroom; practice question (used in preparation for an exam); sample question
prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.)
to solve a criminal case
HSK 7-9
completing the square (method of solving quadratic equation, math.)
to solve (a problem) / to resolve (a difficulty) / to provide an answer / solution / resolution / answer
HSK 7-9
the key (to solving a problem etc) / (Tw) (cryptography) key
(idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved; death ends all one's troubles
to solve the riddle
to solve problems / to explicate
before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
to capture / to take / to overcome / to solve
(Tw) (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc)
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps
Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案 translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩
solution (to a math problem) / method of solving
to require a solution / to seek to solve (an equation)
insoluble (i.e. impossible to solve)
half-cooked / (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5]
solve one problem only to find another cropping up
to solve a problem / to answer a question / (Internet) Q&A forum / advice column
to relieve oneself (i.e. use the toilet) / to solve
to unbutton / (fig.) to solve a dispute
to settle privately / to solve behind closed doors / to settle out of court
Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰 as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee
lit. hair and beard all in one stroke / fig. to handle different things by the same method / one method to solve all problems / one size fits all
to remove perils and solve disputes (idiom); to reconcile differences
(idiom) to solve a problem / to resolve a difficult issue
Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰 as master sleuth
lit. such a fool as to die from holding in one's pee (idiom) / fig. unable to solve a problem due to the inflexibility of one's thinking
to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
far from solved
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps
soluble (i.e. can be solved)
(of a problem, equation etc) to have a solution; to be solvable
hard to solve / hard to dispel / hard to understand / hard to undo
lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved


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