理解
Written lǐ jiě, said lí jiě — a third tone before another third tone is said as a second.
Meaning
- to comprehend; to understand
Example sentence
不难理解。
It's not hard to understand.
Characters in 理解
- 理 lǐ reason, principle; to manage, to put in order
- 解 jiě to untie; to solve; to explain
理 reason plus 解, to untie. Untying by reason, hence to comprehend.