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看不起

kànbuqǐ

to look down on

A person looking down at another
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Characters in this word

看 kàn

Strokes
9
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
手 hand 目 eye
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

不 bù

Strokes
4
Radical
一 — one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

起 qǐ

Strokes
10
Radical
走 — to walk, to run, to flee
Made of
走 to walk, to run, to flee 己 self, oneself
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 别看不起人。 Bié kànbuqǐ rén. Do not look down on people.
  • 他看不起我。 Tā kànbuqǐ wǒ. He looks down on me.
  • 不要看不起他。 Búyào kànbuqǐ tā. Do not look down on him.

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