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浮现

fúxiàn

to emerge; to surface; to appear

A person looks at a photo; a misty house floats above
Memory picture

Characters in this word

浮 fú

Strokes
10
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 孚 to brood over eggs
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

现 xiàn

Strokes
8
Radical
王 — king, ruler
Made of
王 king, ruler 见 to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 现

Example phrases

  • 多年后重读那封信,许多被他刻意压下去的细节又清晰地浮现出来。 Duōnián hòu chóngdú nà fēng xìn, xǔduō bèi tā kèyì yā xiàqù de xìjié yòu qīngxī de fúxiàn chūlái. Years later, when he reread that letter, many details he had deliberately suppressed clearly surfaced again.
  • 看到这张老照片,童年的情景又浮现在眼前。 Kàn dào zhè zhāng lǎo zhàopiàn, tóngnián de qíngjǐng yòu fúxiàn zài yǎnqián. Seeing this old photo, scenes of childhood rise before my eyes again.
  • 她的脸上浮现出一丝微笑。 Tā de liǎn shàng fúxiàn chū yì sī wēixiào. A faint smile appeared on her face.

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