店面
diàn miàn
Pinyin

Definition

店面
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diàn miàn
  1. shop front

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

kā fēi diàn
  1. 1 café
  2. 2 coffee shop
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance
yè diàn
  1. 1 nightclub
diàn
  1. 1 inn
  2. 2 shop
  3. 3 store
  4. 4 CL:家[jiā]
hòu miàn
  1. 1 rear
  2. 2 back
  3. 3 behind
  4. 4 later
  5. 5 afterwards
  6. 6 also pr. [hòu mian]
jiè miàn
  1. 1 contact surface
  2. 2 (computing) interface
lǐ miàn
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 interior
  3. 3 also pr. [lǐ mian]
jiǔ diàn
  1. 1 wine shop
  2. 2 pub (public house)
  3. 3 hotel
  4. 4 restaurant
  5. 5 (Tw) hostess club
miàn
  1. 1 face
  2. 2 side
  3. 3 surface
  4. 4 aspect
  5. 5 top
  6. 6 classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
miàn duì
  1. 1 to confront
  2. 2 to face
yī miàn
  1. 1 one side
  2. 2 one aspect
  3. 3 simultaneously... (and...)
  4. 4 one's whole face
shàng miàn
  1. 1 on top of
  2. 2 above-mentioned
  3. 3 also pr. [shàng mian]
xià miàn
  1. 1 below
  2. 2 under
  3. 3 next
  4. 4 the following
  5. 5 also pr. [xià mian]
cè miàn
  1. 1 lateral side
  2. 2 side
  3. 3 aspect
  4. 4 profile
quán miàn
  1. 1 all-around
  2. 2 comprehensive
  3. 3 total
  4. 4 overall
chū miàn
  1. 1 to appear personally
  2. 2 to step in
  3. 3 to step forth
  4. 4 to show up
qián miàn
  1. 1 ahead
  2. 2 in front
  3. 3 preceding
  4. 4 above
  5. 5 also pr. [qián mian]
fǎn miàn
  1. 1 reverse side
  2. 2 backside
  3. 3 the other side (of a problem etc)
  4. 4 negative
  5. 5 bad
shāng diàn
  1. 1 store
  2. 2 shop
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
dì miàn
  1. 1 floor
  2. 2 ground
  3. 3 surface

Idioms (20)

一体两面
yī tǐ liǎng miàn
  1. 1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
人面兽心
rén miàn shòu xīn
  1. 1 human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
以泪洗面
yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
  1. 1 to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
两面三刀
liǎng miàn sān dāo
  1. 1 two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross
  2. 2 double dealing and back stabbing
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
前不着村,后不着店
qián bù zháo cūn , hòu bù zháo diàn
  1. 1 lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
  3. 3 to be in a predicament
唾面自干
tuò miàn zì gān
  1. 1 to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
  2. 2 to drain the cup of humiliation
四面楚歌
sì miàn Chǔ gē
  1. 1 lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
掩面而泣
yǎn miàn ér qì
  1. 1 to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
改头换面
gǎi tóu huàn miàn
  1. 1 to adjust one's head and turn one's face (idiom); cosmetic changes
  2. 2 Despite superficially new policies, the substance remains unchanged.
死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
  1. 1 to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
洗心革面
xǐ xīn gé miàn
  1. 1 lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
浮出水面
fú chū shuǐ miàn
  1. 1 to float up (idiom); to become evident
  2. 2 to surface
  3. 3 to appear
泪流满面
lèi liú mǎn miàn
  1. 1 cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
独当一面
dú dāng yī miàn
  1. 1 to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
  1. 1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
眼观四面,耳听八方
yǎn guān sì miàn , ěr tīng bā fāng
  1. 1 lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be observant and alert
知人知面不知心
zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn
  1. 1 one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom)

Sample Sentences

是啊,合法是合法。但我听新闻说其实象牙证件本身的买卖已经形成了一个小黑市。大多数的经销店根本就不提供收藏证,近一半店面以“费时、高成本”等理由主动建议消费者不要收藏证。
shìa ,héfǎ shì héfǎ 。dàn wǒ tīng xīnwén shuō qíshí xiàngyá zhèngjiàn běnshēn de mǎimài yǐjīng xíngchéng le yī gè xiǎo hēishì 。dàduōshù de jīngxiāodiàn gēnběn jiù bù tígōng shōucáng zhèng ,jìn yībàn diànmiàn yǐ “fèi shí 、gāo chéngběn ”děng lǐyóu zhǔdòng jiànyì xiāofèizhě bù yào shōucáng zhèng 。
It is, but that's not the real issue. I heard from the news that the truth of the matter is that the buying and selling of ivory certificates has become a black market. The majority of the vendors simply don't provide collector's certificates, and nearly half of the storefronts make use of reasons like “it's time consuming” or “it costs a lot” to encourage collectors not to demand a collector's certificate.
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