反面
fǎn miàn
Pinyin

Definition

反面
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fǎn miàn
  1. reverse side
  2. backside
  3. the other side (of a problem etc)
  4. negative
  5. bad

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]
反应
fǎn yìng
  1. 1 to react
  2. 2 to respond
  3. 3 reaction
  4. 4 response
  5. 5 reply
  6. 6 chemical reaction
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
反正
fǎn zhèng
  1. 1 anyway
  2. 2 in any case
  3. 3 to come over from the enemy's side

Idioms (20)

一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
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

Sample Sentences

我有些明白了。您的意思是，一件事情和它的反面同时存在，发展了正面，反面也产生了。
wǒ yǒuxiē míngbai le 。nín de yìsi shì ，yī jiàn shìqíng hé tā de fǎnmiàn tóngshí cúnzài ，fāzhǎn le zhèngmiàn ，fǎnmiàn yě chǎnshēng le 。
I understand a bit more now. What you mean is, something and its opposite coexist; when a correct side is developed, the incorrect side is also produced.
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正面和反面。
zhèngmiàn hé fǎnmiàn 。
front and back
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