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解除

jiě chú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

解除 (jiě chú) means "to remove; to sack; to get rid of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 解除 means

1. to remove
2. to sack
3. to get rid of
4. to relieve (sb of their duties)
5. to free
6. to lift (an embargo)
7. to rescind (an agreement)

The characters in 解除

• 解jiěto divide; to break up; to split
• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude

Example sentences

• 他们解除了婚约。
  Tāmen jiěchú le hūnyuē.
  They called off their engagement.
• 海啸的警报解除了。
  Hǎixiào de jǐngbào jiěchú le.
  The tsunami alert was cancelled.
• 战争结束之后贸易障碍被解除。
  Trade barriers were lifted after the war ended.
• "你没结婚吧!?" "哦，我们分手了。我们解除婚约了。"
  "Didn't you get married!?" "Oh, we split up. We broke our engagement."

Where 解除 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiè (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiě chú correctly.
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