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发现

fā xiàn · fa xian

Traditional 發現

Meaning

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发现 is used for noticing or discovering something you did not know before.

2 examples

我(wǒ)发(fā)现(xiàn)你(nǐ)玩(wán)绝(jué)对(duì)不(bù)耽(dān)误(wu)学(xué)习(xí)。我(wǒ)就(jiù)不(bù)行(xíng)。

I've noticed that having fun doesn't interfere at all with your studies. I just can't.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by sysko · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

我(wǒ)发(fā)现(xiàn)了(le)我(wǒ)爸(bà)爸(ba)收(shōu)藏(cáng)了(le)30年(nián)的(de)报(bào)纸(zhǐ)。

I discovered my father collected 30 years of newspapers.

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to send out; to show (one's feeling)

to appear; present

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.