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Mandarin · pinyin xià shì

to look down from above
(fig.) to look down on
to despise

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下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
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视: shì · look at, inspect, observe, see

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verb

(literary, literally) to look down on from above
(literary, literally) to keep one's eyes cast down; to direct one's gaze downwards
(literary, figuratively) to look down on; to think little of; to despise

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