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观念

guān niàn · guan nian

Traditional 觀念

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. notion
  2. thought
  3. concept
  4. sense
  5. views
  6. ideology
  7. general impressions
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Spending money

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)爷爷(yéye)觉得(juéde)钱(qián)要(yào)存(cún)起来(qǐlai)，不要(bùyào)用(yòng)。

    My grandpa thinks money should be saved, not used.

  2. Dengdeng

    这是(zhèshì)老(lǎo)观念(guānniàn)。我(wǒ)的(de)观念(guānniàn)是(shì)，钱(qián)要(yào)花(huā)在(zài)开心(kāixīn)的(de)事(shì)上(shàng)。

    That is an old mindset. My mindset is to spend money on happy things.

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)的(de)观念(guānniàn)是(shì)，一半(yībàn)存(cún)，一半(yībàn)花(huā)。

    My mindset is: half saved, half spent.

  4. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)观念(guānniàn)！你(nǐ)今天(jīntiān)存(cún)了(le)多少(duōshao)？

    A good mindset! How much did you save today?

  5. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)花(huā)了(le)两百(liǎngbǎi)，存(cún)了(le)五块(wǔkuài)。

    I spent two hundred and saved five yuan.

  6. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)的(de)观念(guānniàn)有点(yǒudiǎn)问题(wèntí)，哈哈(hāhā)。

    There is a bit of a problem with your mindset, ha.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

很(hěn)多(duō)人(rén)觉(jué)得(de)有(yǒu)教(jiào)才(cái)有(yǒu)学(xué)，但(dàn)其(qí)实(shí)这(zhè)个(ge)观(guān)念(niàn)是(shì)错(cuò)的(de)。

One of the great superstitions about education is that learning is the result of teaching.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by Objectivesea · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

随(suí)着(zhe)时(shí)代(dài)变(biàn)化(huà)，人(rén)们(men)对(duì)家(jiā)庭(tíng)的(de)观(guān)念(niàn)也(yě)在(zài)改(gǎi)变(biàn)。

As times change, people's ideas about family are also changing.

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观
guān

to look at; to watch

念
niàn

to read; to study (a subject)

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