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俯瞰

fǔ kàn

2-character word

What 俯瞰 means

1. to look down at (from a high vantage point)

The characters in 俯瞰

• 俯fǔto look down; to stoop
• 瞰kànto look down from a height; to spy on sth

Example sentences

• 窗户俯瞰着院子。
  Chuānghu fǔkàn zhe yuànzi.
  The window overlooks the courtyard.
• 越过松林，远处有一座小花园。那里青草长得又长又茂盛，铁杉花像洁白的星星一样闪耀，夜莺整夜唱歌。它整夜歌唱，冰冷的月光俯瞰着它，紫杉树张开巨大的枝干，庇护着沉睡的人们。
  Far away beyond the pine-woods, there is a little garden. There the grass grows long and deep, there are the great white stars of the hemlock flower, there the nightingale sings all night long. All night long he sings, and the cold crystal moon looks down, and the yew-tree spreads out its giant arms over the sleepers.

Words starting with 俯瞰

• 俯瞰图fǔ kàn túbird's-eye view
• 俯瞰摄影fǔ kàn shè yǐngcrane shot; boom shot (photography)

Sounds the same

Read fǔ kàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 俯看to look down at