TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
處理
ㄔㄨˇ ㄌㄧˇ · chǔlǐ
verb — to handle; to deal with; to process
字源 FORM — what the parts do
處to deal with; a place, a position (處理的處)chǔ虍(tiger head) + 几(stool) + 止(foot/halt) — the tiger settled at rest; to be in a situation, to occupy and manage it
理to manage, reason, the natural order (管理的理)lǐ王/玉(jade) + 里(lǐ, phonetic) — cutting jade along its natural grain; to work with the grain of things; 里 gives the sound
處理，處置的處，管理的理。
關 · Related
解決jiějuéto resolve — what aims to accomplish應對yìngduìto respond to, to cope with — near-synonym, more reactive