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  • [yīfānɡ]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

一方 [yīfānɡ]
  1. 1. noun A certain area.
    这里可是出美女的地方,一方水土养育一方人啊。
    Many beauties come from here, that's really in accordance with the saying that people from the same natural environment are alike.
  2. 2. noun A variant of 一方面①;party
    如今我们天各一方,只能默默为彼此祝福。
    Now that we are apart, we can only bless each other in our hearts.
  3. 3. side

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

一方 [yīfānɡ]
  1. 1. 一带地方
    称霸一方
    一方水土养一方人。
  2. 2. 相对的两个方面中的一个方面或相互关联的事物的一面
    可以以一方为主,兼顾另一方,不可走极端。

Examples

矛盾的一方各以其另一方为自己存在的前提。
Each aspect of a contradiction presupposes the existence of the other aspect.
他俩打架打急了眼,一直打到一方把另一方开瓢儿,才罢手。
They were greatly enraged in their fight and didn't stop until one hurt the other's head.
挹彼注兹(从一方取出来给另一方)。
谈判中一方要价太高,另一方无法接受。
一方有难,八方支援。
When trouble occurs at one spot, help comes from all quarters.
军阀割据,各霸一方
The country was torn by warlordism, with each warlord dominating a region.
一方手帕
a handkerchief
一方木材
a cubic metre of lumber
买卖房屋的任何一方不得轰撵住户搬家。
Both parties to a housing-contract are forbidden to evict the current occupant of the house.

Word Decomposition


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