俯瞰

fǔkàn

verb #18,981

Meanings

HSK 7-9

从山顶可以俯瞰整个城市。

Cóng shāndǐng kěyǐ fǔkàn zhěnggè chéngshì.

You can overlook the entire city from the mountaintop.

HSK 7-9

飞机上俯瞰大地，景色非常壮观。

Fēijī shang fǔkàn dàdì, jǐngsè fēicháng zhuàngguān.

Looking down at the earth from the airplane, the scenery was spectacular.

memory

俯 (to bend down/look down) + 瞰 (to look at) -- bending forward to gaze downward from a height. Think of leaning over a railing on a tall building.

俯 fǔ

瞰 kàn