看穿
kàn chuān
Pinyin

Definition

看穿
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kàn chuān
  1. see through (a person, scheme, trick etc)

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
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
查看
chá kàn
  1. 1 to look over
  2. 2 to examine
  3. 3 to check up
  4. 4 to ferret out
看似
kàn sì
  1. 1 to look as if
  2. 2 to seem

Idioms (20)

一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
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
光脚的不怕穿鞋的
guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de
  1. 1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
吃着碗里，看着锅里
chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ
  1. 1 lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
  2. 2 not content with what one already has
  3. 3 (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
妄生穿凿
wàng shēng chuān záo
  1. 1 a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion

Sample Sentences

你看你这孩子，太诚实了，我这小心思都让你给看穿了，还能愉快地玩耍吗？
nǐ kàn nǐ zhè háizi ，tài chéngshí le ，wǒ zhè xiǎo xīnsi dōu ràng nǐ gěi kàn chuān le ，hái néng yúkuài de wánshuǎ ma ？
You little scamp, you're too honest, you saw right through me, can I still have a good time?
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我怎么知道的，我刚刚都告诉你啦，你不要不信邪，我做这行太久了，一眼就能看穿一个人的前世今生，何况是你这样一点小事。
wǒ zěnme zhīdào de ，wǒ gānggāng dōu gàosu nǐ la ，nǐ bù yào bùxìnxié ，wǒ zuò zhè háng tài jiǔ le ，yī yǎn jiù néng kàn chuān yī ge rén de qiánshì jīnshēng ，hékuàng shì nǐ zhèyàng yīdiǎn xiǎoshì 。
How did I know? I just told you. You shouldn't be so skeptical, I've been in this business for too long, I can read people's former and current lives just with one glance, so this small issue of yours is nothing in comparison.
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