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梳理

shū lǐ

2-character word

What 梳理 means

1. to comb
2. fig. to sort out

The characters in 梳理

• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence

Example sentences

• 梳理你的头发。
  Comb your hair.

Sounds the same

Read shū lǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 输理to be in the wrong
• 疏理to clarify (disparate material into a coherent narrative); to marshal an argument