dí

觌

Character · VerbTraditional覿

to see; to meet face to face (literary)

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

verb

to see; to meet face to face

literary

Used in classical Chinese and modern formal or literary contexts. Commonly appears in the compound 觌面 (dímiàn, face to face).

Èr二
rén人
jiǔ久
wèi未
dí觌
miàn面
 。

The two have not met face to face for a long time.

Dí觌
miàn面
xiāng相
féng逢
 ，
jìng竟
wú无
yǔ语
níng凝
yē噎
 。

Meeting face to face, yet choked with wordless emotion.