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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

现象 [xiànxiàng]
  1. 1. noun phenomenon

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

现象 [xiànxiàng]
  1. 1. appearance (of things); phenomenon
    社会现象
    social phenomenon
    向不良现象作斗争
    combat unhealthy phenomena

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

现象 [xiànxiàng]
  1. 1. 事物在发展变化中表现出来的外部形态(跟"本质"相区别)
    打架斗殴的现象时有发生。
    透过现象看本质。

Examples

透过现象,把握本质
see through the phenomena to grasp the essence
透过现象看本质
see through the appearance to the essence
不良现象
unhealthy tendencies
你不能把现象和本质等同起来。
You must not equate the appearance with the essence.
消除腐败现象
put an end to corrupt dealings
现象
something quite unusual
这种经济畸形发展的现象被纠正了。
The occurrence of that type of lopsided economic development has been checked.
省政府派小组进驻县政府调查贪污现象
Provincial authorities sent a group to the county to investigate corruption.
他在会上对这种现象又开了炮。
At the meeting he unleashed a great deal of criticism against this trend.
这种浪费现象我们看不惯。
We hate to see such waste.

Collocations

自然现象
a natural phenomenon
现象
good phenomenon
偶然现象
an accidental phenomenon
个别现象
an individual phenomenon

Word Decomposition


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