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(*ㄒㄧㄢˋ [xian4] ).
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意見 views, opinions;
高見，卓見 (court.) your (esteemed) views;
成見 a preconceived notion, prejudice;
淺見 shallow view;
見地 [jian4di4]↓;
遠見 farseeing, farsighted;
婦人之見 worthless (shortsighted) views not to be taken seriously (cf. “she's only a woman”);
偏見 one-sided views, prejudice;
定見 fixed idea;
少見多怪 (contempt.) shocked through lack of experience;
having seen little, get excited easily;
顯而易見 crystal-clear, self-evident;
管見 shortsighted view, also (self-deprecation) my views.
親眼看見 see with one's own eyes;
見世面 get to know the world;
見聞 [jian4wen2]↓;
見個高低 (of two opponents) fight it out;
見高低 (gambling) win or lose;
能見度 visibility;
（活）見鬼 nonsense! you’re (he's) day-dreaming! 一見鍾情 love at first sight;
見票即付 (of checks) payable at sight;
先見之明 foresight;
相見恨晚 wish that we had met earlier! 我見猶憐 phr. for expressing love of one indeed beautiful;
瑕瑜互見 there are both good and bad qualities (strong points and weaknesses);
名不見經傳 (of person) obscure, little known;
見分曉 to clear up (matter, doubts), arrive at final results;
見縫兒就鑽 behave like a social climber (a gogetter)
見天日 (of rooms) sunny and airy;
(fig.) injustice redressed;
見兔顧犬 (AC allu.) take instant advantage of an opportunity that comes only once in a long while;
百聞不如一見 hearing is no substitute for seeing (“seeing is believing”);
見利忘義 forget honor at sight of money;
見獵心喜 reminds one of former sport of hunting, interest reawakened;
見怪不怪 become inured to the unusual (weird, uncanny);
見景生情 recall old memories at familiar sights;
瞎子見錢眼開 even the blind man will open his eyes if you give him money;
見仁見智 each according to his lights;
見財起意 be moved to commit crimes by sight of money;
見異思遷 changeful, fickle, capricious;
見賢思齊 emulate those better than oneself;
見風使船 (fig.) sail with the wind;
見義勇為 never hesitate to do what is right;
見危授命 (of statesman) be ready to die for one's country in times of national crisis;
見機而作 take the cue and act accordingly;
見得 [jian4de2]↓;
見得到 may be seen (is visible), be wise (intelligent) enough to see a subtle point.
(2) V.t., call on, visit with: 見面 [jian4mian4]↓;
覲見，朝見 have an audience with (a monarch);
拜見 pay a courtesy call on;
進見 have an interview with;
請見 ask for an interview;
想見 wish to meet;
見不著 fail to see s.o. one wishes to interview;
相見 meet one another;
見不得人 unpresentable;
見不起人 dare not show one's face;
見人 [jian4ren2]↓;
見閻王 (sl.) to kick the bucket.
(3) V.t., receive (callers): 見客 [jian4ke4]↓;
接見 extend welcome to (visitor).
(4) (Passive) be+p.p. 見怪 [jian4guai4], 見惠 [jian4hui4], 見教 [jian4jiao4], 見笑 [jian4xiao4], 見責 [jian4ze2], 見罪 [jian4zui4], 見外 [jian4wai4], 見輕 [jian4qing1]↓;
見諒 be forgiven;
見棄 be forsaken, abandoned, deserted;
見復 receive a reply;
見賜 be presented with;
見疑 be subject to suspicion, be doubted;
見用 be taken into service, be assigned work to do;
見稱 be spoken well of, praised.
(5) V.i., appear, look, become: 見好 [jian4hao3], 見背 [jian4bei4]↓;
見瘦，見老 get thinner, older (be aging);
見氣 get angry.
(6) V.i., (*[xian4]) (＝現) appear, manifest.
聞見 have heard or smelled;
夢見 have dreamed;
遇見，碰見 happened to meet.
2.見背 [jian4bei4], v.i., be orphaned: 生孩六月，慈父見背 my father passed away when I was only six months old.
3.見輕 [jian4qing1], v.i., (1) (of illness) get better; (2) (of person) be slighted, looked down upon, treated with contempt.
4.見道 [jian4dao4], v.i., come to know the truth, used in a philosophical or religious sense.
5.見得 [jian4de2], v.i., to know, perceive: 怎見得，何由見得 how do you know? 不見得 I don't see it, not necessarily so.
6.見地 [jian4di4], n., perception, viewpoint: 甚有見地 the point is well taken; 見地甚高 farsighted, clear-sighted.
7.見方 [jian4fang1], adj., square: 一尺見方 one foot square.
8.見怪 [jian4guai4], v.i., be blamed, taken to task; v.t., take offense at: 別見怪我 do not blame me.
9.見光 [jian4guang1], v.i., polish; adj., translucent.
10.見好 [jian4hao3], (1) v.i., (of illness) get better; (2) v.t., go out of one's way to please (person).
11.見惠 [jian4hui4], v.i., be presented with (a gift).
12.見證 [jian4zheng4], n., (1) evidence, clear proof; (2) a witness.
13.見幾 [jian4ji1]1, v.i., foresee s.t. before it happens, have foresight.
14.見機 [jian4ji1]2, v.i., as in 見機而作 decide on the spot.
15.見教 [jian4jiao4], v.i., give, be given, advice.
16.見解 [jian4jie3], n., understanding, judgement, personal opinions, views.
17.見客 [jian4ke4], v.i., receive callers.
18.見禮 [jian4li3], n., (1) salute of welcome; (2) gift given at first meeting, see [jian4mian4li3]↓.
19.見面 [jian4mian4], v.t., (1) meet face to face, see, talk with; (2) (of estranged persons) meet for the first time to be reconciled; v.t., 見面禮 [jian4mian4li3], n., a present given to s.o. whom one sees for the first time.
20.見人 [jian4ren2], v.i., appear in public: 你做下這樣事，將來怎麼見人呢 if you do such a thing, how can you ever show your face again?
21.見小 [jian4xiao3], v.i., (1) be more discerning than others; (2) be narrow-minded, petty, mean.
22.見效 [jian4xiao4]1, v.i., (medicine, advice) show results.
23.見笑 [jian4xiao4]2, v.i., be laughed at, ridiculed: 見笑大方 be a laughingstock, expose oneself to ridicule.
24.見習 [jian4xi2], v.i., get practical experience by actual work, serve as an apprentice; n. & v.i., learn (-ing) from demonstration.
25.見說 [jian4shuo1], phr., it's said that.
26.見識 [jian4shi1], n., insight, judgement.
27.見天 [jian4tian1], adj., everyday: 見天日 see the light of day.
28.見責 [jian4ze2], v.i., be blamed, punished, taken to task.
29.見罪 [jian4zui4], v.i., be blamed.
30.見字 [jian4zi4], phr., used in letters from elders to children or subordinates as part of the salutation, roughly equiv. “This note if for…” preceded by the name of the recipient.
31.見外 [jian4wai4], v.i., be considered as an outsider: 不要見外 phr. used to urge one to accept gift.
32.見聞 [jian4wen2], n., what one sees and hears, general knowledge: 見聞不廣 have only limited knowledge.