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露面

lòu miàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

露面 (lòu miàn) means "to show one's face; to appear (in public)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 露面 means

1. to show one's face
2. to appear (in public)

The characters in 露面

• 露lùdew; syrup; nectar
• 面miànface; side; surface

Example sentences

• 你认为汤姆会露面吗？
  Do you think Tom will show up?
• 汤姆不敢再到这里露面。
  Tāngmǔ bù gǎn zài dào zhèlǐ lòumiàn.
  Tom wouldn't dare show his face around here again.
• 我煮饭的时候你都没露面过，现在你来了？
  You didn't even show your nose the whole time I was cooking, and now you're here?
• 发生了那次意外以后，她就没有再公开露面了。
  Fāshēng le nà cì yìwài yǐhòu, tā jiù méiyǒu zài gōngkāi lòumiàn le.
  She stopped appearing in public after her accident.
• 发生了那件事以后，那位政治家一直没有公开露面。
  Fāshēng le nà jiàn shì yǐhòu, nà wèi zhèngzhìjiā yīzhí méiyǒu gōngkāi lòumiàn.
  The politician didn't appear in public after the incident.

Words containing 露面

• 抛头露面pāo tóu lù miànto put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly)

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