面试 (面試)
miàn shì
Pinyin

Definition

面试 (面試)
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miàn shì
  1. to be interviewed (as a candidate)
  2. interview

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

李先生，谢谢你今天来，我最快下个星期三就会给你这次面试的回复。
Lǐ xiānsheng ，xièxie nǐ jīntiān lái ，wǒ zuìkuài xià ge xīngqīsān jiù huì gěi nǐ zhècì miànshì de huífù 。
Mr Li, thanks for coming today. I'll get back to you at the soonest next Wednesday.
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也谢谢你给我这个机会来参加面试，希望我有机会能到贵公司服务。
yě xièxie nǐ gěi wǒ zhè ge jīhuì lái cānjiā miànshì ，xīwàng wǒ yǒu jīhuì néng dào guì gōngsī fúwù 。
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to interview with you today, I hope I'll get the chance to work at your company.
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我星期一要面试了，好紧张呀！
wǒ Xīngqīyī yào miànshì le ，hǎo jǐnzhāng ya ！
I’m having an interview on Monday. I am so nervous.
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他以为这个工作是他的，因为他非常地有把握，但是在最后一轮面试的时候却让煮熟的鸭子飞了。
tā yǐwéi zhège gōngzuò shì tā de ，yīnwèi tā fēicháng de yǒu bǎwò ，dànshì zài zuìhòu yī lún miànshì de shíhou què ràng zhǔshúdeyāzifēile 。
He thought the job would be his because he was so sure of it. But he didn’t pass the last round of interviews, and he lost the job he almost got.
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可能是自己在面试的时候说错了话，或是别人太厉害抢走了这个工作机会，所以才让煮熟的鸭子飞了。
kěnéng shì zìjǐ zài miànshì de shíhou shuō cuò le huà ，huòshì biéren tài lìhai qiǎng zǒu le zhège gōngzuò jīhuì ，suǒyǐ cái ràng zhǔshúdeyāzifēile 。
Perhaps he misspoke during the interview. Or other people did really well and got the job. So he ended up losing the opportunity he almost got.
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在面试的时候，你可能对营销有一些常识，你可以说：“虽然我没吃过猪肉，但见过猪跑。营销的工作我没做过，但是我还是懂一些。”
zài miànshì de shíhou ，nǐ kěnéng duì yíngxiāo yǒu yīxiē chángshí ，nǐ kěyǐ shuō ：“suīrán wǒ méi chī guò zhūròu ，dàn jiàn guò zhū pǎo 。yíngxiāo de gōngzuò wǒ méi zuò guò ，dànshì wǒ háishi dǒng yīxiē 。”
When you are in an interview. You might have some common sense on marketing. You might say, 'Although I have never eaten pork, at least, I have seen pigs running. I haven't worked in marketing before, but at least I have some basic knowledge of marketing.'
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谢谢您今天的面试，我们会在近期和您联络。
xièxie nín jīntiān de miànshì ，wǒmen huì zài jìnqī hé nín liánluò 。
Thank you for your interview today and we will contact you in the near future.
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您好，很高兴我们可以视频面试。
nínhǎo ，hěn gāoxìng wǒmen kěyǐ shìpín miànshì 。
Hello, I am very happy that we can have a video interview.
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我在厦门有面试。
wǒ zài Xiàmén yǒu miànshì 。
I have an interview in Xiamen.
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为什么去面试阿？要转工吗？
wèishénme qù miànshì Ā ？yào zhuǎngōng ma ？
Why are you going for an interview? You’re changing job?
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