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翻阅

to flip through

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

fan1yue4 • fānyuè

Meaning

Primary

to flip through

Alternatives

flip through, flips through, flipping through, flipped through, thumb though, glance over, look through

Mnemonic

翻阅 To flip through a book is 阅 to read random parts of it quickly while 翻 turning over each page.

Usage

我 喜欢 翻阅 随便 的 书籍。

I like to flip through random books.

我 在 图书馆 翻阅 杂志。

I flip through magazines at the library.

翻阅 一 本 课本

flip through a textbook