阅览 yuèlǎn to read
How to remember 阅览: 阅 to examine + 览 to look over = to read.
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How it is used
- To read/consult reference material on the spot - 阅览室 (yuèlǎn shì) reading room; 免费阅览 free browsing.
- Formal and library-flavored; the material is examined in place (newspapers, archives), not borrowed or read for pleasure.
- Compare 阅读 (yuèdú), the general act of reading; 阅览 stresses looking-over/consulting in a facility.