看看
kàn kan
Pinyin
Definition
看看
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- to take a look at
- to examine
- to survey
- (coll.) pretty soon
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to look after
- 2 to take care of
- 3 to watch
- 4 to guard
- 1 to take a look at
- 2 to examine
- 3 to survey
- 4 (coll.) pretty soon
- 1 good-looking
- 2 nice-looking
- 3 good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
- 4 embarrassed
- 5 humiliated
- 1 to look over
- 2 to examine
- 3 to check up
- 4 to ferret out
- 1 apparently
- 2 it seems that
Idioms (11)
一眼看穿
- 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
不看僧面看佛面
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
- 2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
Sample Sentences
媳妇儿啊,看看我们的小宝贝儿,这脸蛋儿多可爱!但他自个儿在这儿玩儿,好像有点儿孤单。我们再生个孩子,给他做个伴儿吧!
My dear, look at our little baby, what a cute face! But he’s playing here by himself, and he seems a little lonely. Let’s have another baby to keep him company!
王总,这份合同草案请您过目,看看有哪里需要修改的。
Mr. Wang, please take a look at the contract draft, to see if there is anything needs to be revised.
树爷爷那里。我想去看看他。
Where Grandpa Tree is at. I want to go visit him.
我看看他都发了些什么,有没有我能用的,我最近图库都枯竭了。
Let me see what he sent, I may find them useful. I’ve exhausted my own library recently.
别无病呻吟了。快看看这民意调查。
Stop moaning. Look at this survey.
左看看,右看看。
Look left, look right.
你看看你,马屁拍在马腿上。下次别这么常拍马屁了。
Look at yourself. You flattered your boss in the wrong way. Don’t flatter people that often.
一起看看各国的减压妙招!
Let’s explore the de-stress tactics of different countries!