表面

biǎo miàn

HSK level: HSK 5

Meaning

surface; face; outside; appearance

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Characters

表biǎoto show, to express, to display; outside, appearance; a watch毛衣面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimension

Examples

美貌只是表面性的东西。

měi mào zhǐ shì biǎo miàn xìng de dōng xi。

Beauty is but skin deep.

重力将一切带下地球表面。

zhòng lì jiāng yī qiè dài xià dì qiú biǎo miàn。

Gravity brings everything down to Earth.