详实 (xiáng shí) — detailed and reliable; full and accurate

Definition

详实 (xiángshí) describes content that is both detailed and trustworthy — facts, evidence, records. It emphasizes the combination of completeness and accuracy, not just length.

adjective
detailed and reliablefull and accurate

Examples

  • 详实，。
    Zhè fèn bào gào nèi róng fēi cháng xiáng shí, zhí dé cān kǎo.
    This report is very detailed and reliable — worth referring to.
  • 详实，。
    Tā tí gōng le xiáng shí de zhèng jù, zhèng míng le zì jǐ de qīng bái.
    He provided full and accurate evidence to prove his innocence.
  • 详实，。
    Zhè běn shū de shǐ liào shí fēn xiáng shí, zuò zhě zuò le dà liàng diào chá.
    The historical material in this book is very detailed and reliable; the author did extensive research.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

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

详xiángdetailed
实shísolid or true

详 means detailed and 实 means solid or true, giving detailed and reliable.

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 實; 实 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀miánroof
  • 周周zhōucarved jade
  • 貝貝bèishellfish; cowrie

The traditional form 實 has 宀 'roof' above 周 'carved jade' and 貝 'cowrie'; the simplified 实 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical pieces.

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