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了解

liǎo jiě · liao jie

Traditional 瞭解

HSK 4Old HSK 3

Meaning

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liǎo jiě 了解

  1. to understand
  2. to realize
  3. to find out

liǎo jiě 瞭解

  1. to understand
  2. to realize
  3. to find out
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  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)了解(liǎojiě)北京(běijīng)吗(ma)？

    Do you know Beijing well?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)了解(liǎojiě)一点(yīdiǎn)，我(wǒ)去(qù)过(guò)两次(liǎngcì)。

    I know it a little. I have been twice.

  3. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)了解(liǎojiě)北京(běijīng)的(de)地铁(dìtiě)吗(ma)？

    Then do you know the Beijing subway?

  4. Liangliang

    不太(bùtài)了解(liǎojiě)，我(wǒ)每次(měicì)都(dōu)坐(zuò)出租车(chūzūchē)。

    Not really, I take a taxi every time.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)不(bù)了解(liǎojiě)北京(běijīng)，只(zhǐ)了解(liǎojiě)北京(běijīng)的(de)堵车(dǔchē)！

    Then you do not know Beijing, you only know Beijing traffic jams!

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Usage

了解 means to know about or understand a person, place, or situation.

In a sentence

2 examples
01

了(liǎo)解(jiě)一(yí)个(gè)国(guó)家(jiā)最(zuì)好(hǎo)的(de)方(fāng)法(fǎ)是(shì)亲(qīn)自(zì)去(qù)看(kàn)一(yi)看(kàn)。

The best way to know what a country is like is to go and see it with your own eyes.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by papabear · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)先(xiān)了(liǎo)解(jiě)一(yí)下(xià)这(zhè)份(fèn)合(hé)同(tóng)的(de)内(nèi)容(róng)。

I'd like to first understand the contents of this contract.

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了
le

(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)

解
jiě

to divide; to break up

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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