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當面

简 当面 · 繁 當面
Mandarin · pinyin dāng miàn

Meanings

  1. to sb's face
  2. in sb's presence
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當
dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
面
miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
当
dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
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1–4 · dang1 mian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dong1 min2 · dong1 min6

Cantonese word readings for 當面. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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dong1 min2

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adv

  1. to somebody's face; in somebody's presence; face to face

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