鉴 于

jiànyú

prepositionHSK 7-9

“In view of” in Chinese is 鉴于 (jiànyú).

Meaning

in view of
seeing that
considering

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whereas

Example

鉴于这片区域的危险，出于安全考虑，他建议我们一起走。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jiànHSK 613 strokesbronze mirror (used in ancient times)yúHSK 23 strokesto go

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Not to be confused with: 监狱 (jiānyù, prison)