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Jyutping zaa3 hon3 zi1 haa6
Pinyin zhà kàn zhī xià

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    第一眼​望落​去​見​到​嘅​;​單憑​第一次​觀察​得到​嘅​印象​;​口頭​少講
    (less colloquial) at a glance; at first sight
    • 乍看之下,呢兩幅畫你會鍾意邊幅?
      乍看之下,呢两幅画你会钟意边幅?
      zaa3 hon3 zi1 haa6, ni1 loeng5 fuk1 waa2 nei5 wui5 zung1 ji3 bin1 fuk1?
      Which of these two drawings do you prefer at first sight?
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    或许是因为他有胡子而让他乍看之下很可怕,其实他是个非常好的人。
    或許是因為他有鬍子而讓他乍看之下很可怕,其實他是個非常好的人。
    huò xǔ shì yīn wèi tā yǒu hú zi ér ràng tā zhà kàn zhī xià hěn kě pà , qí shí tā shì gè fēi cháng hǎo de rén 。
    • Possibly because he's got a beard, he looks scary at first glance but he's really a kind man.
  2. Mandarin
    光速比音速快,所以有些人乍看之下很聪明,等到听到他们开口说话,愚笨的本性才表露无遗。
    光速比音速快,所以有些人乍看之下很聰明,等到聽到他們開口説話,愚笨的本性才表露無遺。
    guāng sù bǐ yīn sù kuài , suǒ yǐ yǒu xiē rén zhà kàn zhī xià hěn cōng ming , děng dào tīng dào tā men kāi kǒu shuō huà , yú bèn de běn xìng cái biǎo lù wú yí 。
    • It is because light travels faster than sound that some people look brilliant before sounding stupid.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    乍看之下
    乍看之下
    zaa3 hon3 zi1 haa6
    • at first sight
  2. Cantonese
    乍看之下,呢两幅画你会钟意边幅?
    乍看之下,呢兩幅畫你會鍾意邊幅?
    zaa3 hon3 zi1 haa6, ni1 loeng5 fuk1 waa2 nei5 wui5 zung1 ji3 bin1 fuk1?
    • Which of these two drawings do you prefer at first sight?