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观赏

guānshǎng

“To look at sth with pleasure” in Chinese is 观赏 (guānshǎng).

Meaning

  • to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous)
  • ornamental

Example

学校的樱花开的烂漫,吸引了大量市民前来观赏。

The school's lovely cherry blossoms drew a lot of residents to come and admire it.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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Not to be confused with: 关上 (guānshang, to close (a door))