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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *见* | 见* | *见
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
HSK 1
to see; to catch sight of
HSK 1
to meet; to see each other / CL:
HSK 1
goodbye / see you again later
HSK 1
to hear
HSK 1
idea / opinion / suggestion / objection / complaint / CL: 點|点, 條|条
HSK 2
commonly seen / common / to see sth frequently
HSK 2
to see
HSK 2
to run into / to meet (unexpectedly) / to bump into
HSK 2
it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible
HSK 4
to dream about (sth or sb) / to see in a dream
HSK 4
to meet
HSK 4
to see (the same thing) over and over again / to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly)
HSK 5
to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) / CL:
HSK 6
to espy / to spot
HSK 6
can see / visible
HSK 6
not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing
HSK 6
rare; seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you
HSK 7-9
opinion / view / understanding
HSK 7-9
(idiom, from the Analects) (usu. of a passer-by who comes across a critical situation) to step in and help; to take brave or selfless action
HSK 7-9
to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight
HSK 7-9
not necessarily / not likely
HSK 7-9
foresight / discernment / vision
HSK 7-9
rare / rarely seen
HSK 7-9
to refer to / see also / compare (cf.) / to pay respect to
HSK 7-9
to be witness to / witness / evidence
HSK 7-9
to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior
HSK 7-9
a common occurrence (idiom)
HSK 7-9
opinions differ (idiom)
HSK 7-9
clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously / clearly / it goes without saying
HSK 7-9
to receive sb / to grant an interview
HSK 7-9
to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest
HSK 7-9
to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing
HSK 7-9
can be seen everywhere
HSK 7-9
from this, it can be seen that...
HSK 7-9
to foresee / to predict / to forecast / to envision / foresight / intuition / vision
HSK 7-9
rarely seen
HSK 7-9
to produce the intended effect; to achieve the desired result
HSK 7-9
prejudice / bias
HSK 7-9
to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has
knowledge and experience
insight / to see clearly
long time no see
candid and open (idiom)
to see how sb or sth performs when it comes to the crunch; to find out what sb is really made of; to witness true ability or worth revealed under pressure
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *见* | 见* | *见
to appear / also written 現|现
see you tomorrow / (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms)
to see each other / to meet in person
to learn on the job / to be on probation
not fit to be seen by / should not be exposed to / can't bear to see
to appear in the news / in the papers
partial view; limited outlook
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
familiarity at first sight
penetrating insight
shallow opinion / humble opinion
all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
a common occurrence (idiom)
what one hears and sees (idiom)
lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the leopard) (idiom) / fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture
(idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing
(my) humble opinion / humble idea
See you! / Bye!
motive / purpose / (sth) being the motive or purpose
to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador)
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
to glimpse
what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience
to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking
to introduce (sb) / (esp.) to present to the emperor
(idiom) to turn a blind eye to; to ignore
love at first sight
to see the light again (idiom); delivered from oppression
lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results
to fall in love at first sight (idiom)
visibility
to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally. / It feels like we have known each other all along.
See you later!
opinion / view / insight
so deep one cannot see to the bottom / limitless
it goes to show that / one can see
to have seen sth so often that it doesn't seem strange at all; to be well accustomed (to sth)
foresight; prescience
shameful
lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head
(coll.) every day
to see with one's own eyes / very soon
one's own view; definite opinion
preconceived idea / bias / prejudice
lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom) / strapped for cash / unable to make ends meet
(idiom) experienced and knowledgeable
to infer / to gather
to mind / to take offense
(idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
(lit.) name not encountered in the classics / unknown (person) / nobody
absurd / strange / (interj.) curse it! / to hell with it!
to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
everyone gives their own view
one's own viewpoint
(politically) dissenting / dissident

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