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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

间接 [jiànjiē]
  1. 1. adjective indirect
    这些经验我是间接得到的。
    I gained this experience indirectly.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

间接 [jiànjiē]
  1. 1. indirect; secondhand; second-hand;oblique
    间接引语不能加引号。
    这消息我是间接听来的。
    I heard the news indirectly.
  2. 2. adverb indirectly

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

间接 [jiànjiē]
  1. 1. 通过中间环节发生关系的
    间接描写
    间接联系
    间接了解。

Examples

直接(间接)成本
direct (indirect) cost 成本
这消息我是间接听来的。
I heard the news indirectly. 间接
直接(间接)经验
direct (indirect) experience 经验
代议制是一种间接民主制度。 代议制
间接引语不能加引号。 间接
我们从书本上可以借鉴很多前人的间接经验。
We can learn a lot of from indirect experience through reading the books written by our predecessors. 间接经验
终究说来, 间接经验毕竟不会十分可靠, 所以还是再考察考察吧。 间接经验
这些经验我是间接得到的。
I gained this experience indirectly. 间接
间接
间接描写 间接

Collocations

间接传染
indirect infection
间接责任
indirect responsibility

Word Decomposition


[jiàn]
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[jiē]

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