解压缩

解壓縮

jiěyāsuō

verb

Meanings

1 to decompress
2 to unzip
3 decompression

Characters

to untie, to release

to press, to compress

to shrink, to contract

Examples

请先解压缩这个文件再打开。

Qǐng xiān jiěyāsuō zhège wénjiàn zài dǎkāi.

Please unzip this file before opening it.

解压缩失败，可能是文件损坏了。

Jiěyāsuō shībài, kěnéng shì wénjiàn sǔnhuài le.

Decompression failed; the file may be corrupted.

Tips

memory

解 (untie/release) + 压缩 (compress) = undo the compression. The opposite is 压缩 (to compress/zip).

Stroke Order

解 jiě

压 yā

缩 suō