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一面
yīmiàn
1. one side
2. one aspect
3. simultaneously... (and...)
4. one's whole face
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Character Breakdown

一
yī
one; a, an; alone
HSK 1 1 丶
面
miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
HSK 1 9 丶

Compound Words (5)

一面倒
yīmiàndǎo
one-sided
一面之交
yīmiànzhījiāo
to have met once
一面之词
yīmiànzhīcí
one side of the story
独当一面
dúdāngyīmiàn
to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a chapter
网开一面
wǎngkāiyīmiàn
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly

Example Sentences (1)

哪里啊！那是你没看到我辛苦练习的一面，没有人随随便便就能成功的。
Nǎlǐ a! Nà shì nǐ méi kàndào wǒ xīnkǔ liànxí de yímiàn, méiyǒu rén suísuíbiànbiàn jiù néng chénggōng de.
Not at all! You just didn’t see me practicing hard. No one succeeds so easily.
Text 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
2,946 of 84,292