决

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to decide; to determine; to execute (sb); (of a dam etc) to breach or burst; definitely; certainly

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decide · Heisig RSH #1273

ice + guillotine

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
下定决心	xià dìng jué xīn	to make a firm resolution
民族自决	mín zú zì jué	self-determination
全民公决	quán mín gōng jué	referendum
有决心	yǒu jué xīn	determined
下决心	xià jué xīn	to determine; to resolve
公民表决	gōng mín biǎo jué	referendum; decided by public vote
决明子	jué míng zǐ	(botany) cassia seed
决定性	jué dìng xìng	decisive; conclusive
多数决	duō shù jué	majority decision
决定论	jué dìng lùn	determinism
决选名单	jué xuǎn míng dān	short list
解决办法	jiě jué bàn fǎ	solution; method to settle an issue
决不	jué bù	not at all; simply (can) not
决心	jué xīn	determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind; CL:個\|个[ge…
表决权	biǎo jué quán	right to vote; vote
公决	gōng jué	public decision (by ballot); majority decision; a joint decision; referendum
决口	jué kǒu	(of a watercourse) to breach its banks; (of a dam) to burst
决胜千里	jué shèng qiān lǐ	to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)
可决票	kě jué piào	affirmative vote
决定	jué dìng	to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個\|个[ge4],項\|项[xiang4])