小看 (xiǎo kàn) — to look down on (someone); to underestimate (something)

Definizione

小看 covers both 'look down on' people and 'underestimate' difficulty — broader than 看不起, which is only about despising a person. Use 低估 for neutral 'underestimate'.

verb
to look down on (someone)to underestimate (something)

Esempi

  • 小看
    Nǐ bú yào xiǎo kàn tā, tā suī rán nián qīng dàn hěn yǒu jīng yàn.
    Don't look down on him—he may be young but he has a lot of experience.
  • 小看
    Wǒ dāng chū xiǎo kàn le zhè ge xiàng mù de fù zá xìng, jié guǒ huā le sān bèi shí jiān.
    I initially underestimated the complexity of this project, and it ended up taking three times as long.
  • 小看
    Bù néng yīn wèi duì fāng shì xīn shǒu jiù xiǎo kàn bié rén.
    You can't look down on others just because they're beginners.

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