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to observe

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

guan1 guān

Meaning


Primary

to observe

Alternatives

observe, observes, observing, observed, to look at, look at, look

Mnemonic


[gu-] Goofy is in [1] front of the [-an] pawn shop sitting on a vintage 又 folding stool where he has been hired as an 观 observe dog to make sure nobody robs the shop. He 观 observes a 见 walking eye that keeps on walking back and forth on the crappy pawn shop lawn, and the 见 walking eye 观 observes him. Goofy, being goofy, falls off the 又 folding stool, so shocked he is at being 观 observed by the 见 walking eye.

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