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看不起

kàn bu qǐ

HSK 5 3-character word

What 看不起 means

1. to look down upon
2. to despise

The characters in 看不起

• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

Example sentences

• 她看不起他。
  She despised him.
• 她看不起我。
  She despises me.