北面
běi miàn
Pinyin
Definition
北面
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- northern side
- north
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 on top of
- 2 above-mentioned
- 3 also pr. [shàng mian]
- 1 below
- 2 under
- 3 next
- 4 the following
- 5 also pr. [xià mian]
- 1 ahead
- 2 in front
- 3 preceding
- 4 above
- 5 also pr. [qián mian]
- 1 north
- 2 (classical) to be defeated
- 1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
- 2 Peking
- 3 PRC government
Idioms (20)
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一体两面
- 1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
- 2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
上不了台面
- 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
- 2 not to be disclosed
- 3 too inferior to show in public
不看僧面看佛面
- 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
- 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
人面兽心
- 1 human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced
- 2 malicious and duplicitous
Sample Sentences
台北是台湾最大的城市,它在台湾的北面。
Taipei is Taiwan's largest city. It's located in northern Taiwan.