n. (Hira=おも,つら,づら) face; facial features; face guard; surface; facet

v. (Hira=めんする) face on, look out on, front

n. (Trad=麵, Pinyin=mian4) flour

v. (Trad=面, Pinyin=mian4) face, expose, front

n. (Trad=面, Pinyin=mian4) face, outside, top, range, extent, scale, cover, side, aspect, surface, flat, external

(Trad=面, Pinyin=mian4) measure word for flags

v. (Simp=面, Pinyin=mian4) face, expose, front

n. (Simp=面, Pinyin=mian4) face, outside, top, range, extent, scale, cover, side, aspect, surface, flat, external

(Simp=面, Pinyin=mian4) measure word for flags

¹ earth dug out by rats, crabs or ants

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² a catamite; a queen

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[綿] cotton

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¹[面] (1) a face
(2) prestige; dignity; honor; reputation
(3) the surface; a side; a face
(4) an aspect; a phase; a side; a field
(5) a mask; a face guard
(6) a page

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²[面] a myeon(a subdivision) of a gun [county]); a township

(1) dig out; gnaw; nibble
(2) steal bit by bit; filch [pilfer] bit by bit; carry away in small quantity; make free with (money); sneak

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[面-] save one's face; win honor; bring honor to

[面-] keep up [maintain] the appearance (of a gentleman); save one's face [honor]

[面-] trim the surface (of a board)

[面-] save (one's) face; face-lift; save [keep up] appearances; put up a good front; put a good face on the matter

[免-] (1) escape; avoid; get rid of (trouble); be relieved of; get out of (a difficulty)
(2) be exempted [exempt] from; be released [relieved] from; be free from

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[面-] face; front; look on; look out on [into]; open out on (the street)

qian1 ren2 yi2 mian4
Thousand persons with one face.
All look the same.

si4 mian4 chu3 ge1
Chu songs on four sides.
Be besieged by the enemy on all sides. Be utterly isolated. Be in desperate straits. Being cut off from outside help.

wai4 mian4 er guang1
Shining on the outside.
Deceptively smooth appearance.

zhi1 ren2 zhi1 mian4 bu4 zhi1 xin1
Knowing a man is only to know his face and not his heart.
(No further explanation)

wang3 kai1 yi2 mian4
A net spread on one side.
Allowing a way out. To give the wrongdoer a way out. The same as 网开三面 (wang3 kai1 san1 mian4). Compare with 网开四方 (wang3 kai1 si4 fang1).

wang3 kai1 san1 mian4
A net spread on three sides.
Allowing a way out. To purposely leave loopholes for an escape of the law. The same as 网开一面 (wang3 kai1 yi2 mian4). Compare with 网开四方 (wang3 kai1 si4 fang1).