No. 220 in Chinese
建
"建" means "to build" or "to establish."
In a sentence
他们计划在这里建一座新的图书馆。
They plan to build a new library here.
In this sentence, '建' is used to mean 'to build' or 'to construct' a physical structure.
这个公司建于1995年，有很长的历史。
This company was established in 1995 and has a long history.
Here, '建' is used as part of '建于', indicating the establishment or founding of an organization.
我们需要建一个更好的解决方案来应对这个问题。
We need to construct a better solution to address this issue.
In this context, '建' is used figuratively to mean 'construct' or 'develop' an abstract concept like a solution.
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