On the one hand we suffered a heavy loss, but on the other hand we learned a great deal from the experience.
一方面
on the one hand
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Meaning and common use
on the one hand
How 一方面 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 一方面 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
On the one hand I called you to invite you to dinner, on the other to tell you my son is getting married.
No published English translation for this sentence.
Words that keep company with 一方面.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 一方面.
Directly before
- 上海一方面1
- 你一方面1
Directly after
- 一方面是2
- 一方面拆掉1
- 一方面开辟1
- 一方面他1
- 一方面我们1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 一方面
What does 一方面 mean in Chinese?
一方面 (yīfāngmiàn) means on the one hand.
How do you pronounce 一方面?
一方面 is pronounced yīfāngmiàn.
Is 一方面 an HSK word?
一方面 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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