看相
kàn xiàng
Pinyin

Definition

看相
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kàn xiàng
  1. to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

好看
hǎo kàn
  1. 1 good-looking
  2. 2 nice-looking
  3. 3 good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
  4. 4 embarrassed
  5. 5 humiliated
查看
chá kàn
  1. 1 to look over
  2. 2 to examine
  3. 3 to check up
  4. 4 to ferret out
看
kān
  1. 1 to look after
  2. 2 to take care of
  3. 3 to watch
  4. 4 to guard
看看
kàn kan
  1. 1 to take a look at
  2. 2 to examine
  3. 3 to survey
  4. 4 (coll.) pretty soon
互相
hù xiāng
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 mutually
  3. 3 mutual

Idioms (20)

一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng
  1. 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else

Sample Sentences

就是你，我在这里给人看相十几年了，没见过印堂像你这么黑的，有什么困难？要不要坐下来聊聊？
jiùshì nǐ ，wǒ zài zhèlǐ gěi rén kàn xiāng shíjǐ nián le ，méi jiàn guò yìntáng xiàng nǐ zhème hēi de ，yǒu shénme kùnnan ？yào bù yào zuò xiàlai liáoliao ？
Yes, you! I've been reading people's fortunes from their faces for over a decade, I've never a glabella as dark as yours, what's troubling you? Do you want to have seat and a chat?
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我看相极准，耽误不了几分钟的。这不是迷信，面相不足的后天要想办法弥补。
wǒ kànxiàng jí zhǔn ，dānwù bùliǎo jǐ fēnzhōng de 。zhè bùshì míxìn ，miànxiàng bùzú de hòutiān yào xiǎng bànfǎ míbǔ 。
My readings are quite accurate and won't take more than a few minutes. This isn't superstition; if your facial features have issues you must think of a way to make up for them later.
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一百不嫌少，一千不嫌多。算命看相，心诚则灵。祝二位好运。
yībǎi bù xián shǎo ，yīqiān bù xián duō 。suànmìng kànxiàng ，xīnchéngzélíng 。zhù èrwèi hǎoyùn 。
100 is not too little and 1000 not too much. For these readings to be effective, you must believe in them wholeheartedly. Good luck to both of you.
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