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露面 (lòu miàn) — to show one's face, to appear (in public)

Definition

露面 means to show one's face or appear publicly (often of someone who has been absent). Unlike 出面, you don't step in to handle a matter — you just show up; 亮相 is more of a deliberate, staged debut.

verb
to show one's faceto appear (in public)

Examples

  • 露面，。
    Tā jīn tiān méi lái lòu miàn, kě néng shēng bìng le.
    He didn't show up today; maybe he's sick.
  • 露面。
    Zhè wèi míng xīng hěn shǎo zài gōng zhòng miàn qián lòu miàn.
    This celebrity rarely appears in public.
  • 。
    Tā zhī lù guò yí cì miàn jiù zài yě méi chū xiàn le.
    He only showed his face once and then never appeared again.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

露lùreveal
面miànface

露 means show or reveal, and 面 is face, so it means to show one's face.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
雨雨yǔ
Sound part声符shēngfú
路
路lù露lù
Same sound today

露 pairs 雨, a rain-related meaning part, with 路, a sound part.

Open 露 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

Open 面 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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