乍zaa3看hon3之zi1下haa6

English

1. (less colloquial) at a glance; at first sight

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 第一眼望落去見到嘅；單憑第一次觀察得到嘅印象；口頭少講

Examples

• 乍看之下，呢兩幅畫你會鍾意邊幅？

  Which of these two drawings do you prefer at first sight?

• 或许是因为他有胡子而让他乍看之下很可怕，其实他是个非常好的人。

  Possibly because he's got a beard, he looks scary at first glance but he's really a kind man.

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