费解 (費解)
fèi jiě
Pinyin

Definition

费解 (費解)
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fèi jiě
  1. to be puzzled
  2. hard to understand
  3. unintelligible
  4. incomprehensible

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

了解
liǎo jiě
  1. 1 to understand
  2. 2 to realize
  3. 3 to find out
理解
lǐ jiě
  1. 1 to comprehend
  2. 2 to understand
  3. 3 comprehension
  4. 4 understanding
解
Xiè
  1. 1 surname Xie
解放
jiě fàng
  1. 1 to liberate
  2. 2 to emancipate
  3. 3 liberation
  4. 4 refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949
  5. 5 classifier: 次 cì
解决
jiě jué
  1. 1 to settle (a dispute)
  2. 2 to resolve
  3. 3 to solve
  4. 4 to dispose of
  5. 5 to dispatch

Idioms (17)

一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
  1. 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
  2. 2 dilettante
  3. 3 amateur
不求甚解
bù qiú shèn jiě
  1. 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
  2. 2 not bothered with the details
  3. 3 superficial
  4. 4 content with shallow understanding
善解人意
shàn jiě rén yì
  1. 1 to be good at understanding others (idiom)
大惑不解
dà huò bù jiě
  1. 1 to be at a loss (idiom)
慷慨解囊
kāng kǎi jiě náng
  1. 1 to contribute generously (idiom); help sb generously with money
  2. 2 to give generously to charity

Sample Sentences

说实话，我最怕讨论哲学问题了。这个问题就像东方人喜欢红色，而西方人喜欢蓝色一样费解，很难定论。
shuō shíhuà ，wǒ zuì pà tǎolùn zhéxué wèntí le 。zhège wèntí jiùxiàng dōngfāngrén xǐhuan hóngsè ，ér xīfāngrén xǐhuan lánsè yīyàng fèijiě ，hěn nán dìnglùn 。
Yeah. But I heard that scientists have finally found an answer. German scientists researching babies' reactions discovered that young babies are all very happy to help others. From this, they've shown that people's nature is inherently good.
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