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"literal explanation" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
字面解释 字面解釋 zì miàn jiě shì literal explanation
Chinese Pinyin Translation
解释 解釋 jiě shì explanation / to explain / to interpret / to resolve / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
说明 說明 shuō míng to explain / to illustrate / to indicate / to show / to prove / explanation / directions / caption / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
作出 zuò chū to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract syn
辩解 辯解 biàn jiě to explain / to justify / to defend (a point of view etc) / to provide an explanation / to try to defend oneself syn
字面 zì miàn literal / typeface
直译 直譯 zhí yì literal translation
原原本本 yuán yuán běn běn from beginning to end / in its entirety / in accord with fact / literal syn
释义 釋義 shì yì the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine
好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy syn
辩白 辯白 biàn bái to offer an explanation / to plead innocence / to try to defend oneself syn
责问 責問 zé wèn to demand an explanation syn
意译 意譯 yì yì meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation
鬼使神差 guǐ shǐ shén chāi demons and gods at work (idiom) / unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence
本义 本義 běn yì original meaning / literal sense
不由分说 不由分說 bù yóu fēn shuō to allow no explanation syn
灭顶 滅頂 miè dǐng to be drowned (figurative and literal) syn
不言自明 bù yán zì míng self-evident / needing no explanation (idiom)
迂 yū literal-minded / pedantic / doctrinaire / longwinded / circuitous syn
逐字逐句 zhú zì zhú jù literal / word for word / word by word and phrase by phrase syn
常值 cháng zhí literal
自圆其说 自圓其說 zì yuán qí shuō to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story
索解 suǒ jiě to seek an answer / to look for an explanation / to explain / explanation
字面意思 zì miàn yì si literal meaning
字面意义 字面意義 zì miàn yì yì literal meaning
书蠹 書蠹 shū dù bookworm (literal and figurative) / book louse / pedant
且听下回分解 且聽下回分解 qiě tīng xià huí fēn jiě to listen to the next chapter for an explanation
宽心丸 寬心丸 kuān xīn wán reassuring explanation / consolatory words
略释 略釋 lüè shì a brief explanation / to summarize
真释 真釋 zhēn shì true explanation / genuine reason
神差鬼使 shén chāi guǐ shǐ the work of gods and devils (idiom) / unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation / curious coincidence syn
精讲多练 精講多練 jīng jiǎng duō liàn a teaching strategy combining a concise explanation of essential concepts with frequent practice
释经 釋經 shì jīng exegesis / explanation of classic text
错解 錯解 cuò jiě misinterpretation / mistaken explanation
解释性发言 解釋性發言 statement of explanation
分述 fēn shù to elaborate / detailed explanation
自圆其说 自圓其說 zì yuán - qí shuō (idiom) to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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