探讨

The Chinese word 探讨 (tǎntǎo) is a compound word consisting of two characters: 探 (tǎn) and 讨 (tǎo). The character 探 originally meant "to spy" or "to investigate", and later extended to mean "to explore" or "to discuss". The character 讨 originally meant "to attack" or "to punish", but later also came to mean "to discuss" or "to debate". Thus, the compound word 探讨 literally means "to explore and discuss", and is used in Chinese to mean "to investigate and discuss" or "to explore and debate". It is often used in academic or professional contexts to refer to the process of researching and discussing a topic in order to gain a deeper understanding of it.