解剖

jiěpōu

verb HSK 7-9 #5,975

Meanings

医学生要学习解剖学。

Yīxué shēng yào xuéxí jiěpōuxué.

Medical students need to study anatomy.

我们需要解剖这个问题。

Wǒmen xūyào jiěpōu zhège wèntí.

We need to dissect this problem.

usage

解剖 is used both literally (medical dissection/anatomy) and figuratively (to analyze something in detail). 解剖学 = anatomy (the academic subject).

解 jiě

剖 pōu