缓解 huǎnjiě▶ giảm nhẹ

Stroke order

缓解 is written in 25 strokes across 2 characters.

• 缓 — 12 strokes
• 解 — 13 strokes

Senses

1. to bring relief
2. to alleviate (a crisis)
3. to dull (a pain)

Related words

• 分解phân hủy
• 和解thỏa hiệp
• 溶解hòa tan; tan chảy
• 理解Hiểu
• 瓦解sụp đổ
• 缓和Điều độ, tiết chế

缓解 is pronounced huǎnjiě and means “giảm nhẹ”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 缓解 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.