瞥见

瞥見

piējiàn

verb #27,802

Meanings

我在人群中瞥见了她的身影。

Wǒ zài rénqún zhōng piējiàn le tā de shēnyǐng.

I caught a glimpse of her figure in the crowd.

他匆匆瞥见了报纸的头条，没来得及细读。

Tā cōngcōng piējiàn le bàozhǐ de tóutiáo, méi láidéjí xì dú.

He caught a hurried glance at the newspaper headline without time to read it carefully.

memory

瞥 contains the eye radical 目 and suggests a quick sideways glance. 瞥见 = a flash-glance that results in seeing something — fleeting but real.

瞥 piē

见 jiàn