一見

一见
yījiàn

one glance; a look

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Examples

我對她一見鐘情。

She attracted me at first sight.

I took to her the moment I met her.

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那些人一見面就吵架。

Whenever they meet, they quarrel.

Every time they meet, they quarrel.

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她一見到我就馬上跑了過來。

No sooner had she caught sight of me than she started running in my direction.

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孩子一見到母親就哭了起來。

No sooner had the child seen his mother than he burst into tears.

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我一見到那幅畫就想起了那個故事。

When I saw the picture, I remembered the story.

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Entry Composition

1 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=2 見 jiàn
  1. to see
  2. to meet
  3. to appear (to be sth)
  4. to interview
  5. opinion
  6. view
=2 見 xiàn
  1. to appear
  2. also written 現 xiàn

Containing this entry

一見傾心 yījiànqīngxīn love at first sight
一見如故 yījiànrúgù familiarity at first sight
一見鍾情 yījiànzhōngqíng to fall in love at first sight (idiom)
一見高低 yījiàngāodī
  1. lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. fig. to cross swords with
  3. to lock horns
百聞不如一見 bǎiwénbùrúyījiàn
  1. seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others
  2. seeing is believing
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