面 miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 面 — face
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
面面俱到
miànmiànjùdào
to attend to every aspect; comprehensive and meticulous
Characters in this word
俱 jù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 具 tool, implement
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
到 dào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她做事很细心，计划总是安排得面面俱到。 Tā zuòshì hěn xìxīn, jìhuà zǒngshì ānpái de miànmiàn jùdào. She works carefully, and her plans are always arranged with every aspect covered.
- 婚礼上，主人招待客人面面俱到，大家都很满意。 Hūnlǐ shàng, zhǔrén zhāodài kèrén miànmiàn jùdào, dàjiā dōu hěn mǎnyì. At the wedding the host looked after the guests in every way, and everyone was pleased.
- 一次讲座很难面面俱到，只能讲最重要的部分。 Yí cì jiǎngzuò hěn nán miànmiàn jùdào, zhǐ néng jiǎng zuì zhòngyào de bùfen. A single lecture can hardly cover everything, so it can only discuss the most important part.
Related words
- 见面 jiànmiàn to meet, to see each other
- 面包 miànbāo bread
- 面条儿 miàntiáor noodles
- 对面 duìmiàn opposite; across from
- 方便面 fāngbiànmiàn instant noodles
- 方面 fāngmiàn aspect; side
- 面 miàn face, side (a measure word for flat things)
- 面 miàn noodles
- 面前 miànqián in front of
- 表面 biǎomiàn surface
- 后面 hòumiàn behind; the back
- 里面 lǐmiàn inside