谅解
liàng jiě · HSK 7
to understand
🤝 谅 forgive + 解 untie = untie a grudge by forgiving = mutual understanding
谅 (liàng) means to forgive or excuse; 解 (jiě) means to untie or resolve. Together they describe resolving a conflict by making allowances — granting someone understanding rather than holding the fault against them.
解 — horn 角 + knife 刀 + ox 牛
解 is an ideograph showing hands using a knife (刀) to separate the horn (角) from an ox (牛). The original meaning was to butcher or dismember an ox, which broadened to 'untie, separate, loosen,' and then extended figuratively to 'explain' or 'understand'—to take something apart mentally.