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bǎ... kànchéng...
regard... as... (把……看成……)
把 A 看成 B means “regard A as B.” A is the thing being interpreted, and B is the meaning or identity given to it.
Anchor example
他把失败看成一次学习的机会。
Tā bǎ shībài kànchéng yí cì xuéxí de jīhuì.
He regards failure as a chance to learn.
HSK 4
HSK 4
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Lesson summary
Read the sample sentence and notice how 把……看成…… works in the frame: 把 A 看成 B.
把...看成... uses the 把 construction to show how someone understands or treats something. A must be a definite object, person, event, or idea, and B is the category, meaning, or result of that judgement. Do not confuse it with 看见, which means physically see. Compared with 认为A是B, 把A看成B emphasizes the speaker’s way of treating or interpreting A.
Grammar pattern
把 A 看成 B
shows that someone regards or treats A as B
他把失败看成一次学习的机会。
Tā bǎ shībài kànchéng yí cì xuéxí de jīhuì.
He regards failure as a chance to learn.
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