jiàn xiàn

see, observe, behold; perceive

DEFINITIONS

見 jiàn
  • to see
  • to meet
  • to appear (to be sth)
  • to interview
見 xiàn
  • to appear
  • also written 現|现[xian4]

STROKES

WORDS

yì jiàn dissident; dissenting; dissent
者 yì jiàn zhě dissident
疏不親 shū bù jiàn qīn lit. casual aquaintances should not come between relatives; blood is thicker than water (idiom)
疾風知勁草,烈火真金 jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn the storm put strong grass to the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister; to show one's true colors after a stern test
百聞不如一 bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others; seeing is believing
目不忍 mù bù rěn jiàn lit. the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom); a scene too pitiful to behold
目不睫 mù bù jiàn jié lit. the eye cannot see the eyelashes (idiom); fig. unable to see one's own faults; to lack self-awareness; truths too close to home
相形絀 xiāng xíng jiàn chù to pale by comparison (idiom)
xiāng jiàn to see each other; to meet in person
恨晚 xiāng jiàn hèn wǎn to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally.; It feels like we have known each other all along.
看不 kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible
看得 kàn dé jiàn can see; visible
kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of
真知灼 zhēn zhī zhuó jiàn penetrating insight
眼不為淨 yǎn bù jiàn wéi jìng what remains unseen is deemed to be clean; what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
眼不,心不煩 yǎn bù jiàn , xīn bù fán what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
yǎn jiàn to see with one's own eyes; very soon
得 yǎn jiàn de (dialect) obviously; clearly
為實 yǎn jiàn wéi shí seeing is believing
為實,耳聽為虛 yǎn jiàn wéi shí , ěr tīng wéi xū to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.; It ain't necessarily so.
chǒu jiàn to see
piē jiàn to glimpse
qiáo jiàn to see
duǎn jiàn short-sighted; suicide
pèng jiàn to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into