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四面

sì miàn

2-character word

What 四面 means

1. all sides

The characters in 四面

• 四sìfour; 4
• 面miànface; side; surface

Example sentences

• 日本是个四面环海的国家。
  Rìběn shì ge sìmiàn huánhǎi de guójiā.
  Japan is a country surrounded by the sea on all sides.
• 四面八方都是巍峨的雪峰，将他们包围起来，彼此交错，一直延伸到遥远的地平线。两侧的岩岸陡峭无比，落叶松和松树彷佛悬在他们头顶，只需一阵风就能轰然落下。
  In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other's shoulders to the far horizon. So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.

Words starting with 四面

• 四面八方sì miàn bā fāng(idiom) all directions; all around
• 四面楚歌sì miàn Chǔ gēlit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom); fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and…
• 四面体sì miàn tǐtetrahedron

Words containing 四面

• 第四面墙dì sì miàn qiángthe fourth wall (in theater, TV, film etc)
• 眼观四面，耳听八方yǎn guān sì miàn , ěr tīng bā fānglit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom)…