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缓解

huǎn jiě

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 緩解

缓解 (huǎn jiě) means "to relieve, alleviate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 缓解 means

1. to bring relief
2. to alleviate (a crisis)
3. to dull (a pain)

The characters in 缓解

• 缓huǎnslow; unhurried; sluggish
• 解jiěto divide; to break up; to split

Example sentences

• 药物缓解了他的痛苦。
  Yàowù huǎnjiě le tā de tòngkǔ.
  The medicine decreased his pain.
• 我通过运动来缓解压力。
  I exercise to relieve stress.
• 你吃了这药，胃痛就会缓解很多。
  Nǐ chī le zhè yào, wèitòng jiù huì huǎnjiě hěn duō.
  After you take the medicine, your stomachache will be much relieved.
• 为了缓解就业压力，国家已经制定了一系列相关政策。
  Wèile huǎnjiě jiùyè yālì, guójiā yǐjīng zhìdìng le yīxìliè xiāngguān zhèngcè.
  In order to alleviate employment pressures, the nation has established a series of relevant policies.
• 这种药可以暂时缓解身体的疼痛，你需要的话就拿去吧。
  Zhèzhǒng yào kěyǐ zànshí huǎnjiě shēntǐ de téngtòng, nǐ xūyào dehuà jiù ná qù ba.
  This kind of medicine can temporarily alleviate pain. If you need it, just take it.
• 他的幽默巧妙地缓解了晚餐时尴尬的气氛，让我松了一口气。
  Tā de yōumò qiǎomiào de huǎnjiě le wǎncān shí gāngà de qìfēn, ràng wǒ sōng le yīkǒuqì.
  His humor charmingly eased the embarrassing atmosphere at dinner time and made me breathe a sigh of relief.

Where 缓解 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Health, Medicine & Wellbeing (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read huǎn jiě correctly.
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