ChinesePod

1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
2 not bothered with the details
3 superficial
4 content with shallow understanding

善解人意

shàn jiě rén yì

1 to be good at understanding others (idiom)

大惑不解

dà huò bù jiě

1 to be at a loss (idiom)

慷慨解囊

kāng kǎi jiě náng

1 to contribute generously (idiom); help sb generously with money
2 to give generously to charity

Sample Sentences

我没有否认我说过的话，但是请不要曲解我的意思。

wǒ méiyǒu fǒurèn wǒ shuō guò de huà ，dànshì qǐng búyào qūjiě wǒ de yìsi 。

I didn't deny what I said, but please don't twist my words.

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商品名被曲解，不光外企，国内企业也防不胜防。比如有种药叫“斯达舒”，结果被大家说成是“四大叔”。后来厂家干脆自己幽默了一把，在广告里真的安排了一个"四大叔"的角色。

shāngpǐnmíng bèi qūjiě ，bùguāng wàiqǐ ，guónèi qǐyè yě fángbùshèngfáng 。bǐrú yǒu zhǒng yào jiào “sīdáshū ”，jiéguǒ bèi dàjiā shuō chéng shì “sìdàshú ”。hòulái chǎngjiā gāncuì zìjǐ yōumò le yī bǎ ，zài guǎnggào lǐ zhēnde ānpái le yī ge "sìdàshú "de juésè 。

Not only foreign enterprises have their product names distorted. It's hard for domestic enterprises to prevent, too. For instance, there's a kind of medicine called ``Sidashu," which sounds in Chinese like ``Four Big Uncles." Afterwards, the company just made a joke of it- in their advertisement, they had roles for Four Big Uncles.

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