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体谅 (tǐ liàng) — to show understanding and consideration for (someone's feelings or difficulties)

Definition

体谅 means showing understanding and consideration for someone's feelings or difficulties — a mental/emotional stance, not permission (that's 允许). 谅解 is stronger, adding forgiveness for a fault.

verb
to show understanding and consideration for (someone's feelings or difficulties)

Examples

  • 体谅。
    Nǐ yīng gāi duō tǐ liàng yí xià tā de gǎn shòu.
    You should be more considerate of his feelings.
  • 体谅。
    Péng you zhī jiān yīng dāng hù xiāng tǐ liàng.
    Friends should understand each other.
  • 体谅。
    Lǐng dǎo méi yǒu tǐ liàng wǒ men de kùn nan.
    The leader didn't show understanding for our difficulties.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

体tǐunderstand
谅liàngforgive

体 means to understand, 谅 means to forgive; together they express showing understanding and consideration.

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
骨骨gǔbone
Sound part声符shēngfú
豊
豊lǐ體tǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 谅 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6Attitudes & Opinions

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