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视角

shìjiǎo

perspective; angle of view

An artist looks down at a city street from above
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Characters in this word

视 shì

Strokes
8
Radical
见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
Made of
礻 spirit 见 to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 视

角 jiǎo

Strokes
7
Radical
角 — angle, corner
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 从儿童视角叙述战争,反而让残酷显得更加刺眼。 Cóng értóng shìjiǎo xùshù zhànzhēng, fǎn'ér ràng cánkù xiǎnde gèngjiā cìyǎn. Narrating war from a child's perspective makes its cruelty appear even more striking.
  • 同一个故事,换个视角就变得完全不同了。 Tóng yíge gùshi, huàn ge shìjiǎo jiù biànde wánquán bùtóng le. The same story becomes completely different when you change the perspective.
  • 摄影师换了个视角,把这座桥拍得特别美。 Shèyǐngshī huàn le ge shìjiǎo, bǎ zhè zuò qiáo pāi de tèbié měi. The photographer changed the angle and shot this bridge beautifully.

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