Expressing simultaneous actions with 一面

Structure

Examples

• 我一面哭一面跑。
  Wǒ yí miàn kū yí miàn pǎo.
  I cried while running away.
• 他喜欢一面吃东西，一面看电影。
  Tā xǐ huan yí miàn chī dōng xī, yí miàn kàn diàn yǐng.
  He likes to eat and watch movies at the same time.
• 他们一家人一面赏月一面吃月饼。
  Tā men yì jiā rén yí miàn shǎng yuè yí miàn chī yuè bing.
  They enjoy the full moon and eat moon cakes together as a family.
• 政府一面要控制通货膨胀，一面也要保证一定的经济增长速度。
  Zhèng fǔ yí miàn yào kòng zhì tōng huò péng zhàng, yí miàn yě yào bǎo zhèng yí dìng de jīng jì zēng zhǎng sù dù.
  On one hand, the government needs to control inflation, but on the other hand, it needs to guarantee a certain amount of economic growth.
• 小丽一面想谈恋爱一面又不想受伤。
  Xiǎo lì yí miàn xiǎng tán liàn ài yí miàn yòu bù xiǎng shòu shāng.
  Xiaoli, on the one hand, wants to date, and on the other hand, doesn't want to get hurt.

Words that use this

• 一面yī miànone side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face
• 边biānside; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously
• 面miànface; side