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另一方面

lìng yī fāng miàn

4-character word

What 另一方面 means

1. on the other hand
2. another aspect

The characters in 另一方面

• 另lìngother; another; separate
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright
• 面miànface; side; surface

Example sentences

• 一方面我们虽然蒙受了损失，但另一方面我们从这次经验中学到了很多。
  Yīfāngmiàn wǒmen suīrán méngshòu le sǔnshī, dàn lìngyīfāngmiàn wǒmen cóng zhè cìjīng yàn zhōngxué dào le hěn duō.
  On the one hand we suffered a heavy loss, but on the other hand we learned a great deal from the experience.
• 我打电话给你，一方面是想请你吃饭，另一方面是想告诉你我儿子要结婚了。
  Wǒ dǎdiànhuà gěi nǐ, yīfāngmiàn shì xiǎng qǐng nǐ chīfàn, lìngyīfāngmiàn shì xiǎng gàosu nǐwǒ érzi yào jiéhūn le.
  On the one hand I called you to invite you to dinner, on the other to tell you my son is getting married.
• 如我们所见，我们这边地区的学校失学率很高。 另一方面，我想补充说一点，今年学校预算减少了。
  As we can see, the number of those dropping out of school in our area is very high. That said, I'd like to add that the school budget was cut this year.