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四面八方

Mandarin · pinyin sì miàn bā fāng

Meanings

  1. (idiom) all directions; all around
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Characters in this entry

四
sì · four
面
miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
八
bā · eight; all around, all sides
方
fāng · a square, rectangle; a region; local
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4–4–1–1 · si4 mian4 ba1 fang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sei3 min6 baat3 fong1

Cantonese word readings for 四面八方. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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sei3 min6 baat3 fong1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) in all directions; all around; far and wide

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