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 guān chá to observe / to watch / to survey / to examine / observation / view / perspective / CL:個|个[ge4]
 mù guāng sight / vision / view / gaze / look
 kàn fǎ way of looking at a thing / view / opinion / CL:個|个[ge4]
 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect)
 zhǔ zhāng to advocate / to stand for / view / position / stand / proposition / viewpoint / assertion / CL:個|个[ge4]
 jǐng sè scenery / scene / landscape / view
 jiàn jiě opinion / view / understanding
 guān kàn to watch / to view
 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view
 shì tú view
 jǐng zhì view / scenery / scene
 lùn diào argument / view (sometimes derogatory)
 jiàn dì opinion / view / insight
 jiàn to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
 rèn zuò to regard as / to view / to consider sth as / to treat as
 guān zhān appearance / view / abiding impression
 lùn opinion / view / theory / doctrine / to discuss / to talk about / to regard / to consider / per / by the (kilometer, hour etc)
 diào to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
 lǎn to look at / to view / to read
 zhān to gaze / to view
 zuò wéi one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be
 guān diǎn point of view / viewpoint / standpoint / CL:個|个[ge4]
 lái kàn to come and see / to see a topic from a certain point of view
 huà miàn scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view
 jiǎo dù angle / point of view
 wài guān exterior appearance / to view sth from the outside / exterior condition
 dé yǐ able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
 shì wéi to view as / to see as / to consider to be / to deem
 shì yě field of view / (fig.) outlook / perspective
 bèi yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
 fú xiàn to appear before one's eyes / to come into view / to float into appearance / to come back (of images from the past) / to emerge / it emerges / it occurs (to me that..)
 jiàn yú in view of / seeing that / considering / whereas
 shì jiǎo angle from which one observes an object / (fig.) perspective / viewpoint / frame of reference / (cinematography) camera angle / (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye) / (photography) angle of view
 yǎn dǐ fundus of the eye (containing the choroid, retina, optic nerve etc) / inside the eye / right in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama
 fàng yǎn to survey / to view broadly
 quán jǐng panoramic view
 biàn jiě to explain / to justify / to defend (a point of view etc) / to provide an explanation / to try to defend oneself
 gǎi guān change of appearance / to revise one's point of view
 tái miàn tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake
 yuǎn jǐng prospect / long-range view
 zì zuò to act for oneself / to view oneself (as clever, virtuous, attractive)
 mǎn yǎn (of tears etc) filling the eyes / (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view
 huá suàn to calculate / to weigh (pros and cons) / to view as profitable / worthwhile / value for money / cost-effective
 zhǔ xuán lu:4 (music) theme / principal melody / (fig.) central theme / main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
 zhǔ jiàn one's own view / having definite opinions
 hǎi jǐng seascape / sea view
 mō dǐ to have a clear view (of a situation) / to fish for information / fact-finding
 zhē bì to cover / to hide from view / to obstruct or block / defilade (military)
 yǎn yìng hidden from view / alternately hidden and visible / setting off each other
 mǎn mù fills the eyes (of a beautiful view, scene of desolation etc)
 jī yú because of / on the basis of / in view of / on account of
 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles
 quán mào complete picture / full view
 chóu shì to view sb as an enemy / to be hateful towards
 dí shì hostile / malevolence / antagonism / to view as enemy / to stand against
 bù móu ér hé to agree without prior consultation / to happen to hold the same view
 zōng guān to take a broad view of sth
 qiān zhēn wàn què absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view
 shěn měi guān esthetic conception / esthetic point of view / standard
 zòng lǎn panoramic view / wide survey
 gāo zhān yuǎn zhǔ to stand tall and see far (idiom) / taking the long and broad view / acute foresight
 yī lǎn wú yú to cover all at one glance (idiom) / a panoramic view
 lì dìng to stop / to halt / halt! / to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc)
 tú jǐng landscape (in a picture) / (fig.) landscape (i.e. general situation) / view of the situation / mental picture
 niǎo kàn to get a bird's-eye view / bird's-eye view / broad overview
 chàng fǎn diào to express a different view / to take a different position
 gè shū jǐ jiàn everyone gives their own view
 rén yún yì yún to say what everyone says (idiom) / to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view / to follow the herd
 guǎn zhòng a restricted view through a bamboo tube
 zì shì to view oneself
 yǒu jiàn yú cǐ in view of this / to this end
 zhǔ xīn gǔ backbone / mainstay / pillar / definite view / one's own judgment
 zuò jǐng guān tiān lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded
 guǎn kuī to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view
 yǔ zhòu guān world view
 guān to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view / outlook
 yì kǔ sī tián to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
 yuǎn lu:4 long-term considerations / to take the long view
 niǎo kàn tú bird's-eye view / see also 俯瞰圖|俯瞰图[fu3 kan4 tu2]
 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble)
 qǔ jǐng kuàng rectangular frame used to view a scene (made out of cardboard etc, or formed by the thumbs and forefingers) / viewfinder / viewing frame
 yì shuō different opinion / dissident view / absurd remark
 chòng powerful / vigorous / pungent / towards / in view of
 yī kǒng zhī jiàn partial view / limited outlook
 xuān pavilion with a view / high / tall / high fronted, curtained carriage (old)
 chǎng open to the view of all / spacious / to open wide / to disclose
 jiàn variant of 鑒|鉴 / example / mirror / to view / reflection / to reflect / to inspect / to warn / (ancient bronze mirror)
 kàn bird's-eye view / glance
 lěng yǎn páng guān the cool eye of a bystander / a detached point of view
 shì sǐ rú guī to view death as a return home / to not be afraid of dying / to face death with equanimity (idiom)
 yī kǒu yǎo dìng to arbitrarily assert / to allege / to stick to one's statement / to cling to one's view
 dà chù zhuó yǎn View the big picture while handling the details (idiom).
 mín yǐ shí wéi tiān Food is the God of the people. (idiom) / People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second
 zhòng xīng pěng yuè lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb
 lìng yǎn xiāng kàn to treat sb favorably / to view in a new light
 jìng huā shuǐ yuè lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花
 jǐng wā zhī jiàn the view of a frog in a well (idiom) / fig. a narrow view
 gè zhí jǐ jiàn each sticks to his own view (idiom) / a dialogue of the deaf
 dài pén wàng tiān lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head / it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head / fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations / one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties
 wàng wén shēng yì lit. view a text and interpret (idiom) / to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning / a far-fetched interpretation
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