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鉴于

jiànyú

in view of; considering that

A person at a window looks at heavy rain, holding a picnic basket
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鉴 jiàn

Strokes
13
Radical
金 — gold, metal
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
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Example phrases

  • 鉴于证据仍不充分,委员会决定推迟发布最终结论。 Jiànyú zhèngjù réng bù chōngfèn, wěiyuánhuì juédìng tuīchí fābù zuìzhōng jiélùn. In view of the still-insufficient evidence, the committee decided to postpone the final conclusion.
  • 鉴于天气不好,我们把活动改到了下周。 Jiànyú tiānqì bù hǎo, wǒmen bǎ huódòng gǎi dào le xiàzhōu. In view of the bad weather, we moved the event to next week.
  • 鉴于他一直表现很好,学校决定奖励他。 Jiànyú tā yìzhí biǎoxiàn hěn hǎo, xuéxiào juédìng jiǎnglì tā. Considering that he has always performed well, the school decided to reward him.

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