说明

shuō míng · shuo ming

Traditional 說明

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to explain
  2. to illustrate
  3. to indicate
  4. to show
  5. to prove
  6. explanation
  7. directions
  8. caption
  9. CL:個 / 个 (gè)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)为(wèi)我(wǒ)做(zuò)了(le)详(xiáng)细(xì)说(shuō)明(míng)。

He explained it to me in detail.

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

02

这(zhè)说(shuō)明(míng)我(wǒ)们(men)有(yǒu)多(duō)么(me)不(bù)了(liǎo)解(jiě)自(zì)己(jǐ)。

That shows how little we know of ourselves.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by jakov · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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