The rich are apt to look down upon the poor.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
瞧不起
to look down upon; to hold in contempt
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to look down upon; to hold in contempt
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 瞧不起 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 瞧不起 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He has a habit of looking down on coloured people.
She looks down on me for not having a sense of humor.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 瞧不起.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 瞧不起.
Directly before
- 有瞧不起1
- 往往瞧不起1
- 很瞧不起1
Directly after
- 瞧不起有色人种1
- 瞧不起穷人1
- 瞧不起我1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 瞧不起
What does 瞧不起 mean in Chinese?
瞧不起 (qiáobùqǐ) means to look down upon; to hold in contempt.
How do you pronounce 瞧不起?
瞧不起 is pronounced qiáobùqǐ.
Is 瞧不起 an HSK word?
瞧不起 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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