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全面 (quán miàn) — comprehensive; all-round; overall

Definition

全面 means covering every aspect — used to describe plans, reforms, or improvements that address all parts of a whole. Unlike 总体 (a noun for 'the whole/total'), 全面 is an adjective modifying how something is done.

adjective
comprehensiveall-roundoverall

Examples

  • 全面，。
    Zhè ge jì huà hěn quán miàn, kǎo lǜ dào le suǒ yǒu wèn tí.
    This plan is comprehensive; it takes all issues into account.
  • 全面。
    Gōng sī xū yào quán miàn tí gāo chǎn pǐn zhì liàng.
    The company needs to improve product quality in an all-round way.
  • 全面，。
    Tā de bào gào xiě dé bú gòu quán miàn, quē shǎo shù jù.
    His report isn't comprehensive enough; it lacks data.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

全quánwhole
面miànaspect

全 means 'whole' and 面 means 'aspect', giving the sense of every aspect at once.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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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.

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