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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 meet; to see each other / CL:
HSK 1
to see
HSK 2
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
to be witness to / witness / evidence
HSK 7-9
opinions differ (idiom)
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
to produce the intended effect; to achieve the desired result
HSK 7-9
to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has
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
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
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience
opinion / view / insight
to have seen sth so often that it doesn't seem strange at all; to be well accustomed (to sth)
shameful
(coll.) every day
(idiom) experienced and knowledgeable
to mind / to take offense
(idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
absurd / strange / (interj.) curse it! / to hell with it!
to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
(measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square")
upon seeing this, ... / in response, ...
see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects); emulate the virtuous / Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher.
(idiom) to abandon moral principles in the pursuit of profit
lit. seeing others go hunting, one is excited by memories of the thrill of the hunt (idiom) / fig. seeing others do what one loves to do, one is inspired to try it again
I have been enlightened by your teaching (humble)
(literary) to be so good as to show favor (to me); to regard (me) highly
lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
please forgive me
lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion
lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom) / fig. to make the most of every opportunity
please forgive me
(idiom) to quit while one is ahead; to know when to stop
to hear what was said
(coll.) to bleed (esp. vaginal bleeding) / to suffer a financial loss
(formal, tactful) (of an elder) to pass away
(literary) to inform (me)
your visit (honorific) / you honor me with your visit
to have an audience (with the emperor)
to counter every move / to be full of tricks
seeing riches provokes evil designs
meet and greet
to neglect one's friends when smitten with a new love
(lit.) to wither in the light of day / (fig.) the bubble bursts as the reality becomes apparent (esp. of a much-anticipated first meeting with sb) / (of stocks) just as the favorable news is officially published, the stock price falls
apprentice / probationer / cadet
to die / lit. to visit Marx / to pass away
to see profit and remember morality (idiom); to act ethically / not tempted by riches
payable at sight / payable to bearer
to take the bull by the horns (idiom)
Antiaris toxicaria (botany)
trainee
medical intern
lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
to see the world / to broaden one's horizons
to put into effect (idiom)
(fig.) adaptable; able to deal with various kinds of people and situations / (derog.) insincere; two-faced
to be touched by a scene / to adapt to the situation
to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble)
medical intern
to forget loyalty when in love / hoes before bros
(literary) to appear in (newspapers, the media, a book etc)
to translate sth into action / to put sth into action
eyewitness (to an incident) / witness (to a legal transaction)
to excel at (typically used after the area of expertise) (Example: 以研究見長|以研究见长 to be known for one's research)
(coll.) to meet one's maker; to kick the bucket; to die
gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time
lit. see the wind and assume it will rain (idiom); fig. gullible / to believe whatever people suggest


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