The Chinese word **解冻** (jiědòng), meaning "to thaw" or "to unfreeze," is a verb-object compound formed by combining the character **解** (jiě), which means "to untie," "to release," or "to solve," with the character **冻** (dòng), meaning "to freeze" or "frozen." In this construction, **解** acts as the verb indicating the action of releasing or resolving, while **冻** serves as the object or the state being acted upon; thus, the compound logically signifies the process of "releasing from a frozen state." This formation follows a common pattern in Chinese where an action is directly applied to its result or target, and the term is used for both literal contexts (e.g., thawing food) and metaphorical ones (e.g., easing diplomatic relations or unfreezing assets).