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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 詞
看不起 word · TOCFL B1 (est.)
看不起 ＝ 看 ＋ 不 ＋ 起
ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧˇ · kànbuqǐ
verb — to look down on, to despise

字源 FORM — what the parts do

看to look at (看見)kàn
不not (不是)bu
起to raise, to lift up (起來)qǐ
看不起，看見的看，不是的不，起來的起。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

看（看）著一個人，眼光卻抬不（不）起（起）來。
You look (看) at someone, but the gaze cannot (不) be raised (起) to meet them.
記憶法
關 · Related
瞧不起qiáobuqǐthe same scorn — 瞧 swapped for 看看得起kàndeqǐto think well of — the positive flip