翻阅 (fān yuè) — to browse, to leaf through, to glance over (a book, magazine, document, etc.)
Definition
翻阅 (fānyuè) means flipping or leafing through reading material — usually papers, files, or a magazine — without reading closely. Compared with the broader 阅读 (read), 翻阅 is lighter and more cursory.
verb
to browseto leaf throughto glance over (a book, magazine, document, etc.)
Examples
- 翻阅。Tā zhèng zài bàn gōng shì fān yuè wén jiàn.He is browsing through files in the office.
- 翻阅。Wǒ huā le yí gè xiǎo shí fān yuè nà běn xiàng cè.I spent an hour flipping through that photo album.
- 翻阅。Tā xǐ huan zài shuì qián fān yuè yí huì r shū.She likes to browse a book for a while before bed.
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