Definition
看穿 means 'to see through' someone's deception, trick, or hidden motive. It is a resultative compound verb (结果补语): 看 (to look) + 穿 (to penetrate). You can insert 得 or 不 between the two syllables to form a potential complement: 看得穿 (able to see through) or 看不穿 (unable to see through). Note the correct pronunciation is kàn chuān, not kān as mistakenly listed in the source.
r.v.
to see through (a trick, deception, or someone's true intentions)
Examples
- 看穿。Tā yì yǎn jiù kān le nà ge huǎngyán.He saw through that lie at a glance.
- ，看穿。Nǐ de xīnsi, wǒ zǎojiù kān le.I saw through your intentions long ago.
- ，。Zhège piànjú tài qiǎomiào, yìbān rén gēnběn kàn bù chuān.This scam is so clever that ordinary people simply cannot see through it.
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