缓 解

huǎnjiě

“To bring relief” in Chinese is 缓解 (huǎnjiě).

Meaning

to bring relief
to alleviate (a crisis)
to dull (a pain)

Example

药物缓解了他的痛苦。

The medicine decreased his pain.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

huǎnHSK 412 strokesslow jiěHSK 313 strokesto divide

More HSK 4 words

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Not to be confused with: 环节 (huánjié, (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc))