两面 (兩面)
liǎng miàn
Pinyin

Definition

两面 (兩面)
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liǎng miàn
  1. both sides

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上面
shàng miàn
  1. 1 on top of
  2. 2 above-mentioned
  3. 3 also pr. [shàng mian]
下面
xià miàn
  1. 1 below
  2. 2 under
  3. 3 next
  4. 4 the following
  5. 5 also pr. [xià mian]
前面
qián miàn
  1. 1 ahead
  2. 2 in front
  3. 3 preceding
  4. 4 above
  5. 5 also pr. [qián mian]
外面
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance
后面
hòu miàn
  1. 1 rear
  2. 2 back
  3. 3 behind
  4. 4 later
  5. 5 afterwards
  6. 6 also pr. [hòu mian]

Idioms (20)

一体两面
yī tǐ liǎng miàn
  1. 1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
人面兽心
rén miàn shòu xīn
  1. 1 human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
以泪洗面
yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
  1. 1 to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)

Sample Sentences

原来人性含有两面：其一是男性的，其一是女性的；其一如苍鹰，如飞瀑，如怒马；其一如夜莺，如静池，如驯羊。
yuánlái rénxìng hányǒu liǎngmiàn ：qíyī shì nánxìng de ，qíyī shì nǚxìng de ；qíyī rú cāngyīng ，rú fēipù ，rú nùmǎ ；qíyī rú yèyīng ，rú jìngchí ，rú xúnyáng 。
So it turns out that humanity has two sides: the first is masculine, the other is feminine; the first is like a goshawk, like a gushing waterfall, like a bucking bronco; the other is like a nightingale, like a placid lake, like a tame goat.
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事情都是有两面性的。在本地学校可能被歧视，也可能因为与众不同，同学和老师都会对他特别好。
shìqing dōu shì yǒu liǎngmiànxìng de 。zài běndì xuéxiào kěnéng bèi qíshì ，yě kěnéng yīnwèi yǔzhòngbùtóng ，tóngxué hé lǎoshī dōu huì duì tā tèbié hǎo 。
Everything has two sides to it. At a local school they may face discrimination, but they may also be treated really well by their classmates and teachers because they're different from everyone else.
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两面派。听说他还经常打小报告呢。连公司里谁谈恋爱他都要向老板汇报。真是小人。
liǎngmiànpài 。tīngshuō tā hái jīngcháng dǎxiǎobàogào ne 。lián gōngsī lǐ shéi tán liàn ài tā dōu yào xiàng lǎobǎn huìbào 。zhēnshì xiǎorén 。
Two-faced. I've heard that he also often rats on his colleagues. He even goes and reports to the boss about who in the company is dating. He's really a scoundrel.
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当然，上海人的生活是“两面”的。有雅致的一面，也有不那么雅致甚至俗气的一面。
dāngrán ，Shànghǎirén de shēnghuó shì “liǎngmiàn ”de 。yǒu yǎzhì de yīmiàn ，yě yǒu bù nàme yǎzhì shènzhì súqì de yímiàn 。
Of course, Shanghainese life has two sides. There's the elegant side, and also the not-so-elegant, or even crude, side.
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