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反面

fǎnmiàn
nounadjectiveHSK 7-9

“Reverse side” in Chinese is 反面 (fǎnmiàn).

Meaning

  • reverse side
  • backside
  • the other side (of a problem etc)
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  • negative
  • bad

Example

你把书拿反了，这是反面，这才是正面。

You're holding the book upside-down. This is upside-down and this is right-side up.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

fǎnHSK 34 strokescontrarymiànHSK 19 strokesface

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