look down upon; scorn; disdain (v.)
HSK 5
Traditional
看不起 (unaltered)
Radicals
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Examples
他看不起那些穷人。 tā kànbuqǐ nàxiē qióngrén. - He looks down on those poor people.
她不喜欢别人看不起她。 tā bù xǐhuān biérén kànbuqǐ tā. - She doesn't like others looking down on her.
你为什么总是看不起我？ nǐ wèishénme zǒng shì kànbuqǐ wǒ? - Why do you always look down on me?
他们看不起这个建议。 tāmen kànbuqǐ zhège jiànyì. - They look down on this suggestion.
我们不应该看不起任何人。 wǒmen bù yīnggāi kànbuqǐ rènhé rén. - We shouldn't look down on anyone.
Characters
不 bù - not; no (negation) | HSK 1
看 kàn - to see; to read; to watch; to look at | HSK 1
起 qǐ - (begin) from; rise, get up; occur, start; break out; build; draft, draw out; (used after a verb) move upwards |