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观赏

guān shǎng

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 觀賞

观赏 (guān shǎng) means "to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 观赏 means

1. to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous)
2. ornamental

The characters in 观赏

• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe
• 赏shǎngto bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down

Example sentences

• 学校的樱花开的烂漫，吸引了大量市民前来观赏。
  Xuéxiào de yīnghuā kāi de lànmàn, xīyǐn le dàliàng shìmín qiánlái guānshǎng.
  The school's lovely cherry blossoms drew a lot of residents to come and admire it.

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