想见 (xiǎng jiàn) — to infer, to gather, to imagine (based on evidence)
Definition
想见 (xiǎng jiàn) means to infer or visualize — to mentally picture something based on clues or evidence, not to "see" in person. The first character 想 carries the meaning of "thinking/imagining," and 见 here means "to perceive in the mind."
verb
to inferto gatherto imagine (based on evidence)
Examples
- 想见。Cóng tā de huà zhōng kě yǐ xiǎng jiàn tā duì zhè jiàn shì hěn liǎo jiě.From his words, one can infer that he knows a lot about this matter.
- 想见，。Bù nán xiǎng jiàn, zhè ge jué dìng huì yǐng xiǎng hěn duō rén.It's not hard to imagine that this decision will affect many people.
- 想见。Wǒ men kě yǐ xiǎng jiàn dāng shí de chǎng jǐng yǒu duō me zhuàng guān.We can visualize how magnificent the scene was at that time.
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