一面

yī miàn · yi mian

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. one side
  2. one aspect
  3. simultaneously... (and...)
  4. one's whole face

In a sentence

2 examples
01

硬(yìng)币(bì)的(de)一(yí)面(miàn)叫(jiào)做(zuò)"公(gōng)",另(lìng)一(yí)面(miàn)叫(jiào)做(zuò)"字(zì)"。

One side of the coin is called 'heads', and the other is called 'tails'.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)一(yí)面(miàn)做(zuò)饭(fàn),一(yí)面(miàn)听(tīng)广(guǎng)播(bō)。

She cooks while listening to the radio.

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