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俯视

fǔ shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 俯視

俯视 (fǔ shì) means "to overlook; to look down at". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 俯视 means

1. to overlook
2. to look down at

The characters in 俯视

• 俯fǔto look down; to stoop
• 视shì(literary, or bound form) to look at

Sounds the same

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

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