Results for “见”

short-sightedness / suicide (esp. in 尋短見|寻短见[xún duǎn jiàn])

to deny a detainee visitation privileges

to catch a glimpse of

(lit.) set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / (fig.) to get instant results

my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble)

in my humble opinion (idiom)

commonly seen

seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others

(idiom) what one hears may be unreliable, but what one sees is true / seeing is believing

knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom)

to smell / to hear / knowledge / information

not be able to hear

to be able to hear / can hear

lit. on hearing wind, to say rain / to agree uncritically with whatever people say / to parrot other people's words / to chime in with others

subjective view

lit. heroes usually agree (idiom) / Great minds think alike.

to have an audience (with the Emperor)

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please don't be upset / no hard feelings / absit iniuria verbis / let injury by words be absent

erroneous views / false idea / false opinion

knowledge and experience

candidly sharing confidences

it goes to show that / one can see

lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom) / fig. to rush to the rescue / to play the white knight

just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb)

absurd opinion / pedantic and unrealistic view

to formally present oneself before a superior (e.g. a ruler, high-ranking official or esteemed figure) for an official meeting / to have an audience with

visionary and sagacious (idiom)

to refuse to meet sb / to avoid sb

false wisdom and erroneous views (Buddhism)

(my) humble opinion / humble idea

(lit.) the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb) / (fig.) something unpleasant or embarrassing cannot be avoided forever / sooner or later one must face it

to gain knowledge and experience

sectarian bias / parochialism

candid and open (idiom)

rarely seen

to meet face to face / to meet in person

obvious / clearly visible

rare / rarely seen

to check an amount