We were attacked from both sides.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
两面
both sides
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
both sides
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 两面 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 两面 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Everything has two sides. Fanatics only see one.
Everything has two sides: the good side and the bad side. Unfortunately, we usually see only one of them.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 两面.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 两面.
Directly before
- 有两面2
- 看两面1
- 被两面1
Directly after
- 两面的1
- 两面夹击1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
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.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 两面
What does 两面 mean in Chinese?
两面 (liǎngmiàn) means both sides.
How do you pronounce 两面?
两面 is pronounced liǎngmiàn.
Is 两面 an HSK word?
两面 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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