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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">一面</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">yìmiàn</span>) is a more formal than&#160;<span class="hanzi">一边</span>, but is used in the same way to express two simultaneous actions. It is used in the following way:</p>

  <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>

  <div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">一面</span>&#160;+ Verb +&#160;<span class="hanzist">一面</span>&#160;+ Verb</div>
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      <li><span class="hanzi">他 喜欢 一面 吃 东西 ， 一面 看 电影 。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">He likes to eat and watch movies at the same time.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 告诉 你 多少 次 了，别 一面 躺 在 床上 一面 吃 零食！弄得 床上 都 是 碎屑!</span>&#160;<span class="trans">I told you so many times, don't eat while laying on the bed. The "clean" bed now has crumbs all over it!</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">他们 一 家人 一面 赏月 一面 吃 月饼。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">They enjoy the moon and eat mooncakes together as a family.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">你 会 一面 拍头 一面 揉 肚子 吗？</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Can you pat your head and rub your belly at the same time?</span></li>
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  <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">一面</span>&#160;cannot be shortened in the way while&#160;<span class="hanzi">一边</span>&#160;can:</p>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">我 面 工作 面 学习。</span><br/></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 边 工作 边 学习。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">I work and study at the same time.</span></li>
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  <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">一面</span>&#160;can also be used to express two aspects of a situation, which are not necessarily being enacted simultaneously. This is the same as the structure: <a href="Expressing_various_aspects_with_&quot;yi_fangmian&quot;" title="wikilink">"一方面...一方面..." or the English "on the one hand...one the other hand"</a></p>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">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。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">On one hand, the government is going to control inflation, but on the other hand, it's definitely going to protect economic growth.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

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    <li><a href="Simultaneous_tasks_with_&quot;yibian&quot;" title="wikilink">Simultaneous tasks with "yibian"</a></li>

    <li><a href="&quot;Along_with%E2%80%A6&quot;_using_&quot;suizhe&quot;" title="wikilink">"Along with…" using "suizhe"</a></li>

    <li><a href="Expressing_various_aspects_with_&quot;yi_fangmian&quot;" title="wikilink">Expressing various aspects with "yi fangmian"</a></li>
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  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

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    <li>Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (<span class="hanzi">汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级</span>) (pp. 323-5) </li>
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