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翻阅

fān yuè

2-character word Traditional 翻閱

What 翻阅 means

1. to thumb through
2. to flip through (a book)

The characters in 翻阅

• 翻fānto turn over; to flip over; to overturn
• 阅yuèto inspect; to review; to read

Example sentences

• 他静静地坐在书桌前，翻阅着那本泛黄的相簿。
  He sat quietly at his desk, flipping through the yellowed photo album.
• 我在英国的时候，经常翻阅旅游指南，查询旅途中的相关细节。
  While in England, I often referred to the guidebook for details of my journey.

Sounds the same

Read fān yuè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 翻越to cross; to surmount; to transcend