Meaning
详细 means detailed or thorough, describing something that contains complete information with all the specifics included. It emphasizes comprehensiveness and thoroughness in descriptions, explanations, or accounts of things.
Usage
Commonly used to describe reports, explanations, descriptions, or instructions that provide complete information. Can function as an adjective modifying nouns or as an adverb when used in the pattern 详细地 (xiáng xì de). Frequently appears in formal or professional contexts when requesting or providing comprehensive information.
Examples
- 01请你详细说明一下这个计划。.Please explain this plan in detail.
- 02报告里有很详细的数据分析。.The report contains very detailed data analysis.
Characters
Common collocations
- 详细说明detailed explanation
- 详细介绍detailed introduction
- 详细情况detailed circumstances
- 详细地in detail, detailedly
Antonyms
Origin
Both characters reinforce the concept of detail: 详 originally meant to examine carefully or elaborate, while 细 means fine or minute. Together they emphasize thoroughness and attention to small details.