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看得起

kàn de qǐ

HSK 3.0 level 6 3-character word

看得起 (kàn de qǐ) means "to show respect for; to think highly of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 看得起 means

1. to show respect for
2. to think highly of

The characters in 看得起

• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

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