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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

探望 [tànwàng]
  1. 1. verb [看望] visit
  2. 2. verb [看] look around

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

探望 [tànwàng]
  1. 1. look about
    我在车站上四处探望,哪儿也找不到那位朋友。
    I looked all around the station but couldn't find my friend anywhere.
    他带着礼品去探望生病的朋友。
  2. 2. call on somebody (usually from afar); visit; see
    回国探望亲友
    return to one's home country to visit relatives and friends
    离婚后,不直接抚养子女的父或母,有探望子女的权利,另一方有协助的义务。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

探望 [tànwàng]
  1. 1. 看望问候
    他特地从外地来探望您。
  2. 2. 察看;张望
    向火车进站的方向探望

Examples

我在车站上四处探望,哪儿也找不到那位朋友。
I looked all around the station but couldn't find my friend anywhere. 探望
回国探望亲友
return to one's home country to visit relatives and friends 探望
他带着礼品去探望生病的朋友。 探望
得知母亲病了,我马不停蹄地赶回家去探望 马不停蹄
这次的队日活动是去养老院探望孤寡老人。
Our collective activity this time is go and visit the elderly in a nursing home. 队日
监押期间亲属是不能探望犯人的。
During custody, relatives are not allowed to see the criminal. 监押
探望
探望
朋友患病,理当前去探望 理当
他特地从外地来探望您。 探望

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