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整体

zhěng tǐ · zheng ti

Traditional 整體

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. whole entity
  2. entire body
  3. synthesis
  4. as a whole (situation, construction, team etc)
  5. global
  6. macrocosm
  7. integral
  8. holistic
  9. whole

In a sentence

2 examples
01

一(yí)个(gè)应(yìng)用(yòng)的(de)架(jià)构(gòu)直(zhí)接(jiē)关(guān)系(xì)到(dào)它(tā)的(de)整(zhěng)体(tǐ)性(xìng)能(néng)。

The infrastructure of an application is directly related to its overall performance.

Tatoeba: Chinese by vicch · English by vicch · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)要(yào)从(cóng)整(zhěng)体(tǐ)上(shàng)看(kàn)待(dài)这(zhè)个(ge)问(wèn)题(tí)，不(bù)能(néng)只(zhǐ)看(kàn)局(jú)部(bù)。

We need to look at this problem as a whole, not just at the parts.

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The characters

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整
zhěng

(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly; (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat

体
tǐ

body; form

Individual character meanings do not always explain the meaning of a whole word.

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