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显而易见

xiǎn ér yì jiàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 顯而易見

显而易见 (xiǎn ér yì jiàn) means "clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously; clearly; it goes without saying". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 显而易见 means

1. clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously
2. clearly
3. it goes without saying

The characters in 显而易见

• 显xiǎnto make visible; to reveal; prominent
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 易yìeasy; amiable; to change
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)

Example sentences

• 那显而易见。
  Nà xiǎn'éryìjiàn.
  It's as clear as day.
• 事实显而易见。
  The facts are clear.
• 他的失败是显而易见的。
  Tā de shībài shì xiǎn'éryìjiàn de.
  His failure is obvious.
• 多数科学突破只不过是发现了显而易见的事。
  Most scientific breakthroughs are nothing else than the discovery of the obvious.

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