🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

修理

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Xiūlǐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mend/mɛnd/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她决定修理她撕破的裙子。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To repair or fix something that is broken or damaged.

    "She decided to mend her torn dress instead of buying a new one."
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of repairing or fixing something.

    "The mend on the bicycle tire was done quickly."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'mend' originates from the Middle English 'menden', which is derived from the Old French 'mendre', meaning to repair or fix. Its roots can be traced back to the Latin 'mendicare', meaning to beg, which evolved to imply the act of repairing or improving something that is broken or damaged.

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