對面

简 对面 · 繁 對面
Mandarin · pinyin duì miàn

Meanings

  1. opposite; across (the street etc)
  2. directly in front of one; up ahead
  3. face to face
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對
duì · correct, right; facing, opposed
面
miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
对
duì · correct, right; facing, opposed
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4–4 · dui4 mian4

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adj

  1. opposite
  2. face-to-face

name

  1. (~村) Duimian (a village in Sanhe, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

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