翻看
fān kàn
Pinyin

Definition

翻看
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fān kàn
  1. to browse
  2. to look over (books)

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
看来
kàn lai
  1. 1 apparently
  2. 2 it seems that
看出
kàn chū
  1. 1 to make out
  2. 2 to see
看好
kān hǎo
  1. 1 to keep an eye on
看待
kàn dài
  1. 1 to look upon
  2. 2 to regard
看懂
kàn dǒng
  1. 1 to understand what one is reading or watching
看书
kàn shū
  1. 1 to read
  2. 2 to study
看法
kàn fǎ
  1. 1 way of looking at a thing
  2. 2 view
  3. 3 opinion
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
看见
kàn jiàn
  1. 1 to see
  2. 2 to catch sight of
看透
kàn tòu
  1. 1 to understand thoroughly
  2. 2 to see beyond the facade
  3. 3 to see through (sb)
翻
fān
  1. 1 to turn over
  2. 2 to flip over
  3. 3 to overturn
  4. 4 to rummage through
  5. 5 to translate
  6. 6 to decode
  7. 7 to double
  8. 8 to climb over or into
  9. 9 to cross
翻炒
fān chǎo
  1. 1 to stir-fry
翻箱倒柜
fān xiāng dǎo guì
  1. 1 to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. 2 to make a thorough search (idiom)
翻译
fān yì
  1. 1 to translate
  2. 2 to interpret
  3. 3 translator
  4. 4 interpreter
  5. 5 translation
  6. 6 interpretation
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]
观看
guān kàn
  1. 1 to watch
  2. 2 to view
中看
zhōng kàn
  1. 1 pleasant to the eye
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [zhòng kàn]

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
人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
  1. 1 to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
  2. 2 in a pitiful state
  3. 3 in a complete mess
  4. 4 to roll (with laughter)
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
天翻地覆
tiān fān dì fù
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
打狗还得看主人
dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén
  1. 1 lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
  2. 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. 1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
  2. 2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
看人行事
kàn rén xíng shì
  1. 1 to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom)
看破红尘
kān pò hóng chén
  1. 1 to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk)
  2. 2 disillusioned with human society
  3. 3 to reject the world for a monastic life
看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
  1. 1 to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
  2. 2 to live within one's means
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 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. 2 to act according to actual circumstances
  3. 3 to live within one's means
翻天覆地
fān tiān fù dì
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
翻山越岭
fān shān yuè lǐng
  1. 1 to pass over mountains ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey
翻手为云覆手变雨
fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ
  1. 1 lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
  2. 2 very powerful and capable (idiom)
翻江倒海
fān jiāng dǎo hǎi
  1. 1 lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. overwhelming
  3. 3 earth-shattering
  4. 4 in a spectacular mess
翻空出奇
fān kōng chū qí
  1. 1 to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas
翻箱倒柜
fān xiāng dǎo guì
  1. 1 to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. 2 to make a thorough search (idiom)
翻箱倒箧
fān xiāng dǎo qiè
  1. 1 to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. 2 to make a thorough search (idiom)
翻老皇历
fān lǎo huáng lì
  1. 1 to look to the past for guidance (idiom)
翻云覆雨
fān yún fù yǔ
  1. 1 to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground
  2. 2 tricky and inconstant
  3. 3 to make love

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