The Chinese word 缓解 (huǎnjiě), meaning "to alleviate" or "to relieve", is a compound word formed by combining two characters with related meanings: 缓 (huǎn), which means "slow", "delay", or "ease", and 解 (jiě), which means "to untie", "loosen", or "resolve". Together, they create a logical semantic blend where 缓 provides the sense of reducing intensity or slowing down a process (like pressure or pain), and 解 adds the concept of disentangling or dissolving a problem. Thus, the term literally conveys the idea of "easing and resolving", effectively capturing the notion of mitigation or making a difficult situation less severe.