双筒望远镜

Traditional form:

雙筒望遠鏡

Pinyin (reading):

shuāngtǒngwàngyuǎnjìng

Definitions:

• binoculars

Characters:

• 双 - pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs
• 筒 - tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo
• 望 - to expect, to hope, to look forward to
• 远 - distant, remote, far; profound
• 镜 - mirror, glass; lens, glasses

Traditional characters:

• 雙 - pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs
• 筒 - tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo
• 望 - to expect, to hope, to look forward to
• 遠 - distant, remote, far; profound
• 鏡 - mirror, glass; lens, glasses