粵

一jat1方fong1面min6

jat1 fong1 min6yī fāng miàn

English

  1. on the one hand
  2. one aspect; on the one hand

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺開頭指出一件事嘅兩個唔同嘅觀點嘅其中一個,配合後半句嘅「另一方面」

Examples

  • 我一方面又想去醫院探佢,但另一方面又怕影響佢休息。

    On the one hand I want to go to the hospital to visit him, but on the other hand I don't want to disturb his rest.

  • 一方面我们虽然蒙受了损失,但另一方面我们从这次经验中学到了很多。

    On the one hand we suffered a heavy loss, but on the other hand we learned a great deal from the experience.

    Tatoeba · hsuan07 CC BY

  • 我打电话给你,一方面是想请你吃饭,另一方面是想告诉你我儿子要结婚了。

    On the one hand I called you to invite you to dinner, on the other to tell you my son is getting married.

    Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

  • 如我们所见,我们这边地区的学校失学率很高。 另一方面,我想补充说一点,今年学校预算减少了。

    As we can see, the number of those dropping out of school in our area is very high. That said, I'd like to add that the school budget was cut this year.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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