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看板
kàn bǎn
Pinyin
Definition
看板
-
kàn bǎn
billboard
Character Decomposition
看
龵
目
板
木
⺁
又
Related Words
(20)
好看
hǎo kàn
1
good-looking
2
nice-looking
3
good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
4
embarrassed
5
humiliated
看
kān
1
to look after
2
to take care of
3
to watch
4
to guard
看看
kàn kan
1
to take a look at
2
to examine
3
to survey
4
(coll.) pretty soon
地板
dì bǎn
1
floor
平板
píng bǎn
1
slab
2
plate
3
dull
4
monotonous
5
tablet (computer)
板
bǎn
1
board
2
plank
3
plate
4
shutter
5
table tennis bat
6
clappers (music)
7
CL:塊|块[kuài]
8
accented beat in Chinese music
9
hard
10
stiff
11
to stop smiling or look serious
查看
chá kàn
1
to look over
2
to examine
3
to check up
4
to ferret out
模板
mú bǎn
1
template
2
(architecture) formwork
看上
kàn shàng
1
to look upon
2
to take a fancy to
3
to fall for
看似
kàn sì
1
to look as if
2
to seem
看来
kàn lai
1
apparently
2
it seems that
看出
kàn chū
1
to make out
2
to see
看好
kān hǎo
1
to keep an eye on
看待
kàn dài
1
to look upon
2
to regard
看懂
kàn dǒng
1
to understand what one is reading or watching
看书
kàn shū
1
to read
2
to study
看法
kàn fǎ
1
way of looking at a thing
2
view
3
opinion
4
CL:個|个[gè]
看清
kàn qīng
1
to see clearly
看病
kàn bìng
1
to visit a doctor
2
to see a patient
看见
kàn jiàn
1
to see
2
to catch sight of
Idioms
(13)
一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
1
lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
2
scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
1
lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
1
to see through something at first glance (idiom)
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
1
lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
2
fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
吃着碗里,看着锅里
chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ
1
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
2
not content with what one already has
3
(of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
打狗还得看主人
dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén
1
lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
2
fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r5
1
(dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
2
not to treat everyone equally favorably
看人行事
kàn rén xíng shì
1
to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom)
看破红尘
kān pò hóng chén
1
to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk)
2
disillusioned with human society
3
to reject the world for a monastic life
看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
1
to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
2
to live within one's means
看菜吃饭,量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
1
eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
2
to act according to actual circumstances
3
to live within one's means
走马看花
zǒu mǎ kàn huā
1
lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation
2
to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information
雾里看花
wù lǐ kàn huā
1
lit. to look at flowers in the fog (idiom); fig. blurred vision
Sample Sentences
你来学什么?学如何彻底浑水摸鱼吗?你是人形看板呀。
nǐ lái xué shénme ?xué rúhé chèdǐ hùnshuǐmōyú ma ?nǐ shì rénxíngkànbǎn ya 。
What did you come to learn? Was it to perfect the art of procrastination? You're like a cardboard cutout.
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