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北面

Mandarin · pinyin běi miàn

northern side
north

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北: běi · north; northern; northward
面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176

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3–4 · bei3 mian4

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noun

north; north side
(literary) official in feudal court

verb

(literary) to face north (in deference to the emperor or one's superior)
(literary, of an apprentice) to follow a master

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