解决 解決 jiě jué to solve / to resolve / to settle (a problem) / to eliminate / to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) syn 解 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 syn 解开 解開 jiě kāi to untie / to undo / to solve (a mystery) syn 破案 pò àn to solve a case / shabby old table 配方 pèi fāng prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) syn 解答 jiě dá to solve (a problem) / to resolve (a difficulty) / to provide an answer / solution / resolution / answer 侦破 偵破 zhēn pò to investigate (as detective) / to solve (crime) / to uncover (a plot) / to sniff out / to break in and analyze / detective work / to scout syn 攻克 gōng kè to capture / to take / to overcome / to solve syn 私了 sī liǎo to settle privately / to solve behind closed doors / to settle out of court 对症下药 對症下藥 duì zhèng xià yào 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 灵丹妙药 靈丹妙藥 líng dān miào yào effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom) / fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir syn 解手 jiě shǒu to relieve oneself (i.e. use the toilet) / to solve syn 求解 qiú jiě to require a solution / to seek to solve (an equation) 节外生枝 節外生枝 jié wài shēng zhī (idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly syn 常见问题 常見問題 cháng jiàn wèn tí common problems / FAQ 出问题 出問題 chū wèn tí to have sth go wrong / to have a problem arise / to give problems 难解 難解 nán jiě hard to solve / hard to dispel / hard to understand / hard to undo 解谜 解謎 jiě mí to solve the riddle 时弊 時弊 shí bì ills of the day / contemporary problems syn 惹 rě to provoke / to irritate / to vex / to stir up / to anger / to attract (troubles) / to cause (problems) syn 愈演愈烈 yù yǎn yù liè ever more critical / problems get more and more intense syn 瓜熟蒂落 guā shú dì luò when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom) / problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time syn 百孔千疮 百孔千瘡 bǎi kǒng qiān chuāng heavily damaged / (fig.) full of holes / riddled with problems syn 一刀切 yī dāo qiē lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom) / to impose uniformity / one solution fits a diversity of problems / one size fits all 对症发药 對症發藥 duì zhèng fā yào 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 庸人自扰 庸人自擾 yōng rén zì rǎo lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom) / fig. to get upset over nothing / to make problems for oneself syn 新愁旧恨 新愁舊恨 xīn chóu jiù hèn new worries added to old hatred (idiom) / afflicted by problems old and new 旧愁新恨 舊愁新恨 jiù chóu xīn hèn old worries with new hatred added (idiom) / afflicted by problems old and new 大事化小，小事化了 dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà le to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all 大事化小，小事化了 dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom) 头发胡子一把抓 頭髮鬍子一把抓 tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā 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 北京咳 běi jīng ké "Beijing cough", respiratory problems caused by dry and polluted Beijing air, typically experienced by non-acclimated foreigners who would otherwise have no such problems 按下葫芦浮起瓢 按下葫蘆浮起瓢 àn xià hú lú fú qǐ piáo solve one problem only to find another cropping up 不可解 bù kě jiě insoluble (i.e. impossible to solve) 排难解纷 排難解紛 pái nàn jiě fēn to remove perils and solve disputes (idiom) / to reconcile differences syn 解扣 解釦 jiě kòu to unbutton / (fig.) to solve a dispute 点津 點津 diǎn jīn to solve a problem / to answer a question / (Internet) Q&A forum / advice column 破关 破關 pò guān to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game) 活人让尿憋死 活人讓尿憋死 huó rén ràng niào biē sǐ 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 解疑释惑 解疑釋惑 jiě yí shì huò (idiom) to solve a problem / to resolve a difficult issue 面临困难 面臨困難 miàn lín kùn nán to be faced with problems 人无远虑，必有近忧 人無遠慮，必有近憂 rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow. 以邻为壑 以鄰為壑 yǐ lín wéi hè to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom) syn 出包 chū bāo to contract out / to run into problems 家家有本难念的经 家家有本難念的經 jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng every family has its problems (idiom) 排查故障 pái chá gù zhàng to troubleshoot / to check components individually for problems / troubleshooting 难经 難經 nàn jīng Classic on Medical Problems, c. 1st century AD / abbr. for 黃帝八十一難經|黄帝八十一难经[Huang2 di4 Ba1 shi2 yi1 Nan4 jing1] 经济统计中的关键问题专家组 Expert Group on Critical Problems in Economic Statistics 水事委员会 Committee on Water Problems 小岛屿国家特别问题会议 Meeting on the Special Problems of the Smaller Island Countries 北欧酗酒和吸毒问题大会 North-American Congress on Alcohol and Drug Problems 加勒比海国家海洋问题专门会议 Specialized Conference of the Caribbean Countries on Problems of the Sea 联合国秘书长非洲商品问题专家组 lián hé guó mì shū zhǎng fēi zhōu shāng pǐn wèn tí zhuān jiā zǔ United Nations Secretary-General's Expert Group on African Commodity Problems 非洲经委会国际收支问题圆桌会议 非洲經委會國際收支問題圓桌會議 ECA Round-Table Conference on Balance of Payments Problems 发展中国家内有关人权的特殊问题讨论会 發展中國家內有關人權的特殊問題討論會 Seminar on Special Problems Relating to Human Rights in Developing Countries 科学气球技术问题小组 科學氣球技術問題小組 Panel on Technical Problems related to Scientific Ballooning 欧洲犯罪问题委员会 歐洲犯罪問題委員會 European Committee on Crime Problems 当代国际人道主义法问题圆桌会议 當代國際人道主義法問題圓桌會議 Round Table on Contemporary Problems of International Humanitarian Law 南欧人类住区问题专家会议 南歐人類住區問題專家會議 Meeting of Experts on Human Settlements Problems in Southern Europe 美洲战争与和平问题会议 美洲戰爭與和平問題會議 Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace / Chapultepec Conference 查普尔特佩克会议 查普爾特佩克會議 Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace / Chapultepec Conference 营养问题区域中心 營養問題區域中心 Regional Centre on Problems of Nutrition 环境和水问题高级官员 環境和水問題高級官員 Senior Official on Environment and Water Problems 环境和水问题高级顾问战略规划框架 環境和水問題高級顧問戰略規劃框架 Strategic Planning Framework for the Senior Advisers on Environmental and Water Problems 咸海问题具体行动纲领 鹹海問題具體行動綱領 Concrete Action Programme for the Problems of the Aral Sea 秘书处间水问题小组 秘書處間水問題小組 Intersecretariat Meeting on Water Problems 环境和水问题高级顾问 環境和水問題高級顧問 Senior Adviser on Environmental and Water Problems 水问题工作队 水問題工作隊 shuǐ wèn tí gōng zuò duì Working Party on Water Problems 商品问题委员会 商品問題委員會 Committee on Commodity Problems 内陆国家问题特别技术委员会 內陸國家問題特別技術委員會 Special Technical Committee on the Problems of Land-locked Countries 世界能源基本问题国际论坛 世界能源基本問題國際論壇 shì jiè néng yuán jī běn wèn tí guó jì lùn tán International Forum on Fundamental World Energy Problems 环境问题会议 環境問題會議 Conference on Problems Relating to Environment 部门间萨赫勒地区问题工作组 部門間薩赫勒地區問題工作組 Inter-Departmental Working Group on Problems of the Sahelian Zone 规划和经营大型电力系统问题专家组 規劃和經營大型電力系統問題專家組 Group of Experts on Problems of Planning and Operating Large Power Systems 俄罗斯－法国安全合作理事会 俄羅斯－法國安全合作理事會 Russian-French Council for Cooperation on Security Problems 南欧人类住区问题专家组 南歐人類住區問題專家組 nán ōu rén lèi zhù qū wèn tí zhuān jiā zǔ Group of Experts on Human Settlements Problems in Southern Europe 太空人的基本环境问题国际专题讨论会 太空人的基本環境問題國際專題討論會 International Symposium on Basic Environmental Problems of Men in Space 环境问题科学委员会 環境問題科學委員會 Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment 城乡无家可归者问题国际年 城鄉無家可歸者問題國際年 International Year Devoted to the Problems of Homeless People in Urban and Rural Areas 疾病和有关保健问题国际统计分类 疾病和有關保健問題國際統計分類 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems / International Classification of Diseases 国际疾病分类 國際疾病分類 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems / International Classification of Diseases 非洲最不发达国家的问题与前景会议 非洲最不發達國家的問題與前景會議 Conference on the Problems and Prospects of the African Least Developed Countries 难民问题法律方面座谈会 難民問題法律方面座談會 Colloquium on Legal Aspects of Refugee Problems 阿拉伯世界人口问题与前景 阿拉伯世界人口問題與前景 Population Problems and Prospects in the Arab World 空气污染问题工作队 空氣汙染問題工作隊 Working Party on Air Pollution Problems 跨国犯罪和暴力等新的特别问题工作组 跨國犯罪和暴力等新的特別問題工作組 Working Group on New and Special Problems such as Transnational Crime and Violence 古柯叶问题协商小组 古柯葉問題協商小組 Consultative Group on Coca Leaf Problems 毒品问题综合解决办法国际训练班 毒品問題綜合解決辦法國際訓練班 International Training Course on an Integrated Approach to Drug Problems 欧洲常规裁军问题和前景会议 歐洲常規裁軍問題和前景會議 Conference on Problems and Perspectives of Conventional Disarmament in Europe 青少年辍学问题区域间讨论会 青少年輟學問題區域間討論會 Interregional Seminar on Problems of Early School Leavers 国际交流问题研究委员会 國際交流問題研究委員會 International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems 行为问题 行為問題 behavioural problems 药瘾和酗酒问题专家咨询小组 藥癮和酗酒問題專家咨詢小組 Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Dependence and Alcohol Problems 劳动妇女问题世界会议 勞動婦女問題世界會議 World Conference on Problems of Working Women 发展中国家钢铁工业训练问题专家组会议 發展中國家鋼鐵工業訓練問題專家組會議 Expert Group Meeting on Training Problems in the Iron and Steel Industry in Developing Countries 阿拉伯国家妇女职工问题叁方专题讨论会 阿拉伯國家婦女職工問題三方專題討論會 Tripartite Symposium on the Problems of Women Workers in Arab Countries 拉不出屎来怨茅房 拉不出屎來怨茅房 lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom) / fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings 拔出萝卜带出泥 拔出蘿蔔帶出泥 bá chū luó bo dài chū ní lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom) / fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes / to cause further problems while working on a problem 