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翻书
fān shū
Description
"翻书"的意思是用手打开书，一页一页地看。
"翻书" means to open a book by hand and look through it page by page.
你想找一个字，就可以翻书查一查。
If you want to find a word, you can flip through the book to look it up.
Meanings
翻书fān shū
to turn the pages of a book
他坐在椅子上安静地翻书。
He sat quietly in the chair flipping through the book.
翻书fān shū
to look something up in a book
不会的词，我翻书查。
For words I don't know, I look them up in the book.
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Notes
- Etymology
翻 (to turn over) + 书 (book), a verb-object compound.
- Nuance
翻书 stresses flipping pages, while 看书 or 读书 stress reading the content.
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