反面
fǎn​miàn HSK7

other side

反面 fǎn​miàn
other side adjective
the opposite or alternative aspect of a situation or problem

我们必须看到事情的反面，不能只看表面。

wǒ​men bì​xū kàn​dào shì​qing de fǎn​miàn, bù néng zhǐ kàn biǎo​miàn.

We must see the other side of things, not just the surface.

reverse side adjective
the physical reverse side or backside of an object

请在这张纸的反面签字。

qǐng zài zhè zhāng zhǐ de fǎn​miàn qiān​zì.

Please sign on the back of this sheet of paper.

negative adjective
bad or harmful; serving as a negative example

他是一个反面教材，大家要引以为戒。

tā shì yī gè fǎn​miàn jiào​cái, dà​jiā yào yǐn​yǐ​wéi​jiè.

He is a negative example that everyone should learn from.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
2.71 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
4.05 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Has erhua variant

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)