yī​biān HSK1

one side

一边 一邊 yī​biān
one side nounlocative
one side; either side; to one side; aside

On one side is Europe, and on the other is Asia.

while adverb
Used in the pattern 一边...一边... yī​biān... yī​biān... to indicate that two actions are happening at the same time
equally
Colloquial use meaning equally, the same size, or the same age.
on the one hand
one aspect of a matter; on the one hand; on the other hand

Frequency

Movie subtitles
77.3 per million appears in 26% of films
Written text
97.3 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 1

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