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鉴赏

jiànshǎng

to appreciate; to appraise

A person in a gallery gazes thoughtfully at a framed landscape
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Characters in this word

鉴 jiàn

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

赏 shǎng

Strokes
12
Radical
贝 — sea shell
Made of
尚 still, yet 贝 sea shell
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这门课程训练学生鉴赏古典诗词,也要求他们分析声律和意象。 Zhè mén kèchéng xùnliàn xuéshēng jiànshǎng gǔdiǎn shīcí, yě yāoqiú tāmen fēnxī shēnglǜ hé yìxiàng. This course trains students to appreciate classical poetry and also requires them to analyse metre and imagery.
  • 周末我们一起去美术馆鉴赏名画。 Zhōumò wǒmen yìqǐ qù měishùguǎn jiànshǎng mínghuà. This weekend we are going to the art museum together to appreciate famous paintings.
  • 他很会鉴赏茶,一闻香味就知道好坏。 Tā hěn huì jiànshǎng chá, yì wén xiāngwèi jiù zhīdào hǎohuài. He is a connoisseur of tea and can tell good from bad just by smelling it.

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