"to untie" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Part of speech | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 解 | v. | 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 | to untie / to undo / to solve (a mystery) | syn | ||
| 解脱 解脫 | v. | to untie / to free / to absolve of / to get free of / to extirpate oneself / (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries | syn | |
| 松开 鬆開 | to release / to let go / to loosen / to untie / to come loose | syn | ||
| 松绑 鬆綁 | to untie / (fig.) to ease restrictions | syn | ||
| 觧 | 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 / variant of 解[jie3] |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Part of speech | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 难解难分 難解難分 | hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom) / inextricably involved / locked in battle | syn | ||
| 解铃还须系铃人 解鈴還須繫鈴人 | lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it | |||
| 解缆 解纜 | to untie a mooring rope | |||
| 解铃还需系铃人 解鈴還需繫鈴人 | lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it / variant of 解鈴還須繫鈴人|解铃还须系铃人[jie3 ling2 hai2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2] | |||
| 死结难解 死結難解 | enigmatic knot hard to untie (idiom) / thorny problem / intractable difficulty | |||
| 解铃系铃 解鈴系鈴 | lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it / see 解鈴還須繫鈴人|解铃还须系铃人[jie3 ling2 hai2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2] | syn | ||
| 以踵解结 | (idiom) To untie a knot with one’s heel. It describes a futile action that produces no result. | |||
| 释缚焚榇 釋縛焚櫬 | (idiom) To untie a defeated person who surrenders and burn the coffin he has brought. The gesture is meant to reassure the person who submits. |