The word 鄙视 (bǐshì), meaning "to despise" or "to look down upon", is a compound word formed through a logical semantic combination. It consists of the character 鄙 (bǐ), which originally meant "lowly", "vulgar", or "despicable", and 视 (shì), which means "to look at" or "to regard". Therefore, the term literally conveys the action of "regarding someone or something as lowly or contemptible", with the combined meaning intensifying to express a strong feeling of scornful disdain. This formation is a classic example of a Chinese verb-object or idea-description compound, where the first character modifies the action of the second to create a specific, nuanced concept.