"clear the air" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 解除误会
• 消除紧张

Definition

通过坦诚对话解决人与人之间的误会或紧张，让大家感觉更好。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于解决人与人之间的矛盾或误会，不指实际空气，适用于正式和非正式场合。常见用法有“让我们解除误会”。

Examples

We need to clear the air after our argument.

我们吵架后需要**解除误会**。

It's good to clear the air when there's a misunderstanding.

有误会时，**解除误会**是好的。

They sat down to clear the air and fix their friendship.

他们坐下来**解除误会**，修复友谊。

Let’s clear the air so we can move on.

让我们**解除误会**，这样才能继续前进。

Before the team meeting, the manager wanted to clear the air about last week's problems.

开会前，经理想**解除误会**关于上周的问题。

Things were tense, but talking to Sam really helped clear the air.

气氛很紧张，但和Sam谈谈真的**解除了误会**。