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In detail in Chinese

in detail · HSK 4

详细 xiáng xì

  1. 详 xiáng detailed
  2. 细 xì thin

请你详细说一下经过。 Please tell me what happened in detail.

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How do you say in detail in Chinese?

In detail in Chinese is 详细 (xiáng xì).

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The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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