对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn 面对面 面對面 miàn duì miàn face to face syn 面谈 面談 miàn tán face-to-face meeting / an interview syn 有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 正视 正視 zhèng shì to face squarely / to meet head on / to face up to syn 鬼脸 鬼臉 guǐ liǎn wry face / to grimace / to pull a face / comic face / face mask / devil mask 迎头 迎頭 yíng tóu to meet head-on / face-to-face / directly syn 照面 zhào miàn to meet face-to-face syn 狭路相逢 狹路相逢 xiá lù xiāng féng lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) / fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face syn 逢迎 féng yíng to fawn on / to ingratiate oneself / (literary) to meet face to face syn 交易额 交易額 jiāo yì é sum or volume of business transactions / turnover 笑逐颜开 笑逐顏開 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face syn 扑面 撲面 pū miàn lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils syn 面议 面議 miàn yì to bargain face-to-face / to negotiate directly syn 洗脸 洗臉 xǐ liǎn to wash the face / to wash your face 面授 miàn shòu to teach face to face / to instruct in person 零距离 零距離 líng jù lí zero distance / face-to-face 相向 xiāng xiàng facing one another / face-to-face syn 娃娃脸 娃娃臉 wá wa liǎn baby face / doll face 白脸 白臉 bái liǎn white face / face painting in Beijing opera etc 对谈 對談 duì tán to talk with sb (face to face) / discussion / talk / chat 面巾 miàn jīn face flannel or towel / shroud (over the face of a corpse) 死要面子 sǐ yào miàn zi to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable 绷着脸 繃著臉 běng zhe liǎn to have a taut face / to pull a long face / to look displeased 金融交易 financial transactions 票 piào ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhang1] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions syn 桩 樁 zhuāng stump / stake / pile / classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc syn 迎 yíng to welcome / to meet / to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties) / to meet face to face syn 对视 對視 duì shì to look face to face syn 晤谈 晤談 wù tán to speak face to face / meeting / interview syn 面授机宜 面授機宜 miàn shòu jī yí (idiom) to brief sb in person on the line of action to pursue / to advise face-to-face on how to deal with the present situation 儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn 非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn 爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 旁观 旁觀 páng guān spectator / non-participant syn 会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn 轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn 异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others syn 老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur syn 华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn 副食品 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) syn 平滑肌 píng huá jī smooth muscle (anatomy) / non-striated muscle syn 无产者 無產者 wú chǎn zhě proletariat / non-propertied person syn 不粘锅 不粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 直飞 直飛 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...) 副食 fù shí non-staple food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) 实名 實名 shí míng real-name (registration etc) / non-anonymous 有色金属 有色金屬 yǒu sè jīn shǔ non-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys) 不承认 不承認 bù chéng rèn non-recognition 不定期 bù dìng qī non-scheduled / irregularly 无我 無我 wú wǒ anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self") 非主流 fēi zhǔ liú alternative / non-mainstream 明码 明碼 míng mǎ non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked syn 蛮夷 蠻夷 mán yí common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory / barbarian 无生命 無生命 wú shēng mìng non-living / inanimate / lifeless 东夷 東夷 dōng yí Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC 奶精 nǎi jīng non-dairy creamer 不干预 不幹預 non-intervention 十六国 十六國 shí liù guó Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国 夷狄 yí dí non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China / barbarians 赵紫阳 趙紫陽 zhào zǐ yáng Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then 对 對 duì right / correct / towards / at / for / concerning / regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite / facing / matching / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / to add / to pour in (a fluid) / to check / to compare / classifier: couple / pair syn 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 向 xiàng variant of 向[xiang4] / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly syn 面对 面對 miàn duì to face / to confront syn 一面 yī miàn one side / one aspect / simultaneously... (and...) / one's whole face syn 看起来 看起來 kàn qǐ lái seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appear to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be syn 嘴巴 zuǐ ba mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / slap in the face (CL:個|个[ge4]) syn 面临 面臨 miàn lín to face sth / to be confronted with syn 表面 biǎo miàn surface / face / outside / appearance syn 丢脸 丟臉 diū liǎn to lose face / humiliation syn 转身 轉身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) syn 丢人 丟人 diū rén to lose face syn 面孔 miàn kǒng face syn 面部 miàn bù face (body part) syn 露面 lòu miàn to show one's face / to appear (in public) syn 当面 當面 dāng miàn to sb's face / in sb's presence syn 脸部 臉部 liǎn bù face syn 体面 體面 tǐ miàn dignity / prestige / face / honorable / creditable / (of sb's appearance) presentable / respectable syn 脸蛋 臉蛋 liǎn dàn cheek / face syn 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn 耳光 ěr guāng a slap on the face / CL:記|记[ji4] 笑脸 笑臉 xiào liǎn smiling face / smiley :) ☺ / CL:副[fu4] syn 面向 面嚮 miàn xiàng to face / to turn towards / to incline to / geared towards / catering for / -oriented / facial feature / appearance / aspect / facet 浮现 浮現 fú xiàn (of a thought or image) to come to mind / (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face) / (of a problem etc) to emerge syn 脸庞 臉龐 liǎn páng face syn 束手无策 束手無策 shù shǒu wú cè lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom) / fig. helpless in the face of a crisis syn 脸孔 臉孔 liǎn kǒng face syn 白粉 bái fěn face powder / chalk powder / heroin syn 蒙面 méng miàn to cover one's face / to wear a mask / brazen / shameless syn 颜面 顏面 yán miàn face / prestige syn 攀登 pān dēng to climb / to pull oneself up / to clamber / to scale / fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger syn 翻新 fān xīn to revamp / a face-lift / to retread (a tire) / to refurbish (old clothes) / newly emerging syn 