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 each other

2 mutually

3 mutual

1 ahead

2 in front

3 preceding

4 above

5 also pr. [qián mian]

1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)

2 surface

3 exterior

4 external appearance

1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved

2 many twists and turns to a story

3 one thing after another

1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)

2 fig. to be impartial

1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)

1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)

2 fig. a situation with two sides to it