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解开

jiě kāi · jie kai

Traditional 解開

HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. to untie
  2. to undo
  3. to solve (a mystery)
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Tangled earphones

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)的(de)耳机线(ěrjīxiàn)怎么(zěnme)这么(zhème)乱(luàn)！

    Why are my earphone cords so tangled?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)来(lái)帮(bāng)你(nǐ)解开(jiěkāi)。

    Let me help you untie it.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)能(néng)解开(jiěkāi)吗(ma)？我(wǒ)弄(nòng)了(le)十分钟(shífēnzhōng)。

    Can you untie it? I fiddled for ten minutes.

  4. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)了(le)，解开(jiěkāi)了(le)！

    There, it's untied!

  5. Dengdeng

    谢谢(xièxie)！可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)为什么(wèishénme)不(bù)买(mǎi)无线(wúxiàn)的(de)？

    Thanks! But why don't I buy wireless ones?

  6. Liangliang

    因为(yīnwèi)你(nǐ)会(huì)把(bǎ)无线(wúxiàn)的(de)弄丢(nòngdiū)。

    Because you would lose the wireless ones.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)能(néng)解(jiě)开(kāi)这(zhè)个(ge)谜(mí)吗(ma)？

Can you solve this puzzle?

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)小(xiǎo)心(xīn)地(de)解(jiě)开(kāi)了(le)鞋(xié)带(dài)。

He carefully untied his shoelaces.

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解
jiě

to divide; to break up

开
kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start

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