解冻 (jiě dòng) — to thaw / to melt (ice, frozen food); to unfreeze (financial assets, funds); to ease / to relax (political tensions, restrictions)

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Examples

• 春天来了，河里的冰已经开始解冻了。
  Chūn tiān lái le, hé lǐ de bīng yǐ jīng kāi shǐ jiě dòng le.
  Spring has come, the ice in the river has started to thaw.
• 政府决定解冻这笔资金，支持中小企业发展。
  Zhèng fǔ jué dìng jiě dòng zhè bǐ zī jīn, zhī chí zhōng xiǎo qǐ yè fā zhǎn.
  The government decided to unfreeze these funds to support small and medium-sized enterprises.
• 两国关系解了冻，开始正常往来。
  Liǎng guó guān xì jiě le dòng, kāi shǐ zhèng cháng wǎng lái.
  Relations between the two countries have thawed, and normal exchanges have begun.