照面 (zhào miàn) — to meet face-to-face (often briefly or accidentally); to put in an appearance, to show up
Definition
照面 (zhàomiàn) almost always appears inside 打照面 — a brief, often accidental face-to-face encounter. Example 2 uses it loosely to mean 'show one's face'.
verb
to meet face-to-face (often briefly or accidentally)to put in an appearanceto show up
Examples
- 。Wǒ men zuó tiān zài jiē shàng dǎ le ge zhào miàn.We bumped into each other on the street yesterday.
- 照面。Tā kāi huì cóng lái bú zhào miàn.He never shows up at meetings.
- 。Wǒ gēn tā zhī zhào guò yí cì miàn.I've only met her once.
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