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详尽 (xiáng jìn) — thorough and detailed; exhaustive

Definition

详尽 means 'exhaustive' — covers every last point. Stronger than 详细 (simply 'detailed'); 细致 is more about careful workmanship than comprehensive coverage.

adjective
thorough and detailedexhaustive

Examples

  • 详尽，。
    Tā de lùn wén hěn xiáng jìn, yǐn yòng le dà liàng zī liào.
    His thesis is very thorough, citing a large amount of material.
  • 详尽，。
    Zhè fèn fǎ lǜ wén jiàn nèi róng xiáng jìn, měi yí gè tiáo kuǎn dōu jiě shì dé hěn qīng chǔ.
    This legal document is thorough and detailed; every clause is explained clearly.
  • 详尽。
    Xiàng mù bào gào xiáng jìn dì fēn xī le shì chǎng qū shì.
    The project report analyzes market trends exhaustively.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

详xiángdetailed
尽jìnexhaustive

详 gives detailed and 尽 gives exhaustive, so together they mean thorough and complete.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 詳; 详 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
羊
羊yáng詳xiáng
Same sound today

In the traditional form 詳, 言 points to speech, and 羊 supplies the sound.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 盡; 尽 is its simplified writing.

  • 聿聿yùhand holding a brush
  • 灬灬huǒbristles
  • 皿皿mǐndish

The traditional form 盡 shows 聿 (hand holding a brush) and 灬 (bristles) over 皿 (dish), cleaning a dish until it is empty. The simplified 尽 is a shorthand, not those historical parts.

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