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迎面而來

简迎面而来 · 繁迎面而來

Mandarin · pinyin yíng miàn ér lái

directly
head-on (collision)
in one's face (of wind)

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迎: yíng · receive, welcome, greet
面: miàn · face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
而: ér · and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
來: lái · come, coming; return, returning
来: lái · come, coming; return, returning

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2–4–2–2 · ying2 mian4 er2 lai2

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