鄙夷 (bǐ yí) — to look down upon, to despise (formal/literary)

Definition

Examples

• 他那种鄙夷的目光让人很不舒服。
  Tā nà zhǒng bǐ yí de mù guāng ràng rén hěn bù shū fu.
  That contemptuous look of his made people very uncomfortable.
• 对弱者不应采取鄙夷的态度。
  Duì ruò zhě bù yīng cǎi qǔ bǐ yí de tài dù.
  One should not adopt a contemptuous attitude toward the weak.
• 他蔑视权贵，鄙夷趋炎附势之辈。
  Tā miè shì quán guì, bǐ yí qū yán fù shì zhī bèi.
  He scorns the powerful and looks down on those who curry favor with them.