分类：教育/科学-外语学习-英语考试
问题：Whentouse理解andwhentouse了解?Whatis 
What is the difference between 理解 (lijie) and 了解 (liaojie)?  As far as I've be able to discern they both mean understand but are used in different contexts.  Can you provide examples of how to use them?  Thanks.
回答：理解understand;comprehend我理解你的意思
了解know;understand;comprehend我了解他的为人