不解

bùjiě

verb HSK 7 #26,548

Meanings

1 to not understand; to be puzzled by
2 bewilderment; incomprehension

Characters

to understand; to untie

Examples

我对他的行为感到不解。

Wǒ duì tā de xíngwéi gǎndào bùjiě.

I'm puzzled by his behavior.

很多人对此表示不解。

Hěn duō rén duì cǐ biǎoshì bùjiě.

Many people expressed bewilderment about this.

他们之间有不解之缘。

Tāmen zhījiān yǒu bùjiě zhī yuán.

There's an indissoluble bond between them.

Tips

usage

不解 is more literary than 不懂 or 不明白. It often appears in the expression 不解之缘 (bùjiě zhī yuán, 'an indissoluble bond/connection') — here 不解 means 'cannot be untied' rather than 'cannot understand,' using the original meaning of 解 as 'to untie.'

Stroke Order

不 bù

解 jiě