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探讨

tàn tǎo

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 探討

What 探讨 means

1. to investigate
2. to probe

The characters in 探讨

• 探tànto explore; to search out; to scout
• 讨tǎoto invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for

Example sentences

• 这是值得探讨的话题。
  Zhè shì zhíde tàntǎo de huàtí.
  The topic is worth discussing.
• 学生们在探讨语言和文化。
  Xuésheng men zài tàntǎo yǔyán hé wénhuà.
  The students are talking about language and culture.
• 他在一家科学机构工作，在那里有语言学家，文学学者，历史学家，社会学家，经济学家和其他学者探讨一切有关侏儒的事。
  Tā zài yījiā kēxué jīgòu gōngzuò, zài nàli yǒu yǔyánxuéjiā, wénxué xuézhě, lìshǐxuéjiā, shèhuìxué jiā, jīngjìxuéjiā hé qítā xuézhě tàntǎo yīqiè yǒuguān zhūrú de shì.
  He works at a scientific institute where linguists, literature scholars, historians, sociologists, economists, and other scholars investigate everything that has to do with gnomes.