The foreign envoy requested an audience with the queen.
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觐见 is formal, almost ceremonial — reserved for being received by a monarch, head of state, or other supreme authority. For an ordinary meeting use 见 (jiàn) or 拜见 (bàijiàn, to pay a formal call); 觐见 in everyday contexts sounds archaic or sarcastic.
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Note 觐 (jìn) shares the right side 见 (jiàn, to see) with the second character — the whole compound is literally 'audience-seeing.' The classical meaning was specifically a feudal lord seeing the Son of Heaven in autumn (秋朝曰觐, qiū cháo yuē jìn).
