"Understand" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 liǎo jiě to understand / to realize / to find out
 míng bai clear / obvious / unequivocal / to understand / to realize
 lǐ jiě to comprehend / to understand / comprehension / understanding
 liàng jiě to understand / to make allowances for / understanding
 lǐng wù to understand / to comprehend
 lǐng huì to understand / to comprehend / to grasp
 dǒng to understand / to comprehend
 dǒng de to understand / to know / to comprehend
 lǐ huì to understand / to pay attention to / to take notice of
 zhī xiǎo to know / to understand
 zhī qíng to know the facts / to understand / to be familiar with the situation
 tīng dǒng to understand (on hearing) / to catch (what is spoken)
 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
 jiě 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
 xīng tranquil / understand
 wù rù to understand / to comprehend the ultimate essence of things (Buddhism)
 tīng de dǒng to understand (by hearing) / to catch (what sb says)
 zhǎng wò 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
 qīng chu clear / distinct / to understand thoroughly / to be clear about
 bù dǒng not to understand / cannot (see, hear, understand, as verb complement) / incomprehension
 bù míng bái does not understand / fails to realize (intuitively) what is going on
 bù míng not clear / unknown / to fail to understand
 bù jiě to not understand / to be puzzled by / indissoluble
 míng liǎo to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear
 yí nán hard to understand / difficult to deal with / knotty / complicated
 jué wù to come to understand / to realize / consciousness / awareness / Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)
 xiǎng bu tōng unable to understand / unable to get over
 kàn tòu to understand thoroughly / to see beyond the facade / to see through (sb)
 liǎo (of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
 nòng qīng to clarify / to fully understand
 yì dǒng easy to understand
 tōng dá to understand clearly / to be sensible or reasonable / understanding
 dú dǒng to read and understand
 kàn dǒng to understand what one is reading or watching
 nán jiě hard to solve / hard to dispel / hard to understand / hard to undo
 liǎo rán to understand clearly / evident
 shēn rù qiǎn chū to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom) / (of language) simple and easy to understand
 fèi jiě to be puzzled / hard to understand / unintelligible / incomprehensible
 dòng xī to clearly understand
 míng lǐ sensible / reasonable / an obvious reason, truth or fact / to understand the reason or reasoning
 píng yì jìn rén amiable and approachable (idiom) / easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand
 nán dǒng difficult to understand
 yī qiào bù tōng 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
 xīn lǐng shén huì to understand tacitly (idiom) / to know intuitively / to understand thoroughly
 tōng xiǎo proficient (in sth) / to understand sth through and through
 kāi qiào to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns
 huì sè difficult to understand / cryptic
 yī zhī bàn jiě lit. to know one and understand half (idiom) / a smattering of knowledge / dilettante / amateur
 shú xí to understand profoundly / well-versed / skillful / practiced / to have the knack
 róng jiě to melt / molten / fig. to understand thoroughly
 líng to hear / to listen / to understand clearly
 wēn gù zhī xīn to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
 sì dǒng fēi dǒng to not really understand / to half-understand
 xīn lǐng shén wù to understand tacitly (idiom) / to know intuitively / to understand thoroughly
 shí wēi jiàn jǐ lit. see a tiny bit and understand everything (idiom)
 liǎo rán yú xiōng to be well aware of sth / to understand clearly
 bù dǒng zhuāng dǒng to pretend to understand when you don't
 wán quán dǒng de to understand completely
 bù kāi qiào unable to understand / can't get the point
 bàn tōng bù tōng to not fully understand (idiom)
 qiǎn bái simple / easy to understand
 wēn gù ér zhī xīn to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
 Huǒ xīng wén lit. Martian language / fig. Internet slang used to communicate secret messages that the general public or government can't understand
 tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
 shuō tōng to get sb to understand / to persuade
 tōng sú yì dǒng easy to understand
 tōng chè to understand completely
 nán yǐ lǐ jiě hard to understand / incomprehensible
 tǐ xī to empathize / to understand and sympathize
 bù míng jiù lǐ not to understand the situation / unaware of the ins and outs
 bù míng jué lì although I don't understand it, it seems pretty awesome (Internet slang)
 jiāo qíng fěi qiǎn to be very close / to understand each other
 zhī rén zhě zhì , zì zhī zhě míng those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1]
 miǎo dǒng to understand instantly
 bàn dǒng bù dǒng to not fully understand / to only partly understand
 liǎo zhī (Buddhism) to fully understand / to understand completely
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