一面之交

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	's; him/her/it; this	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
simp. and trad. (一面之交)		一	面	之	交

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīmiànzhījiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ min⁶ zi¹ gaau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīmiànzhījiāo [Phonetic: yímiànzhījiāo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yimiànjhihjiao
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-mien⁴-chih¹-chiao¹
    • Yale: yī-myàn-jr̄-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: imiannjyjiau
    • Palladius: имяньчжицзяо (imjanʹčžiczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ min⁶ zi¹ gaau¹
    • Yale: yāt mihn jī gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ min⁶ dzi¹ gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ min⁶ ji¹ gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ miːn²² t͡siː⁵⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

一面之交

1. (literary) a casual relationship; acquaintance

1. 1. 這絕不是向一面之交的人們求援的時候，因為你還不知道自己是個什麼結果哩。 [MSC, trad.]
      这绝不是向一面之交的人们求援的时候，因为你还不知道自己是个什么结果哩。 [MSC, simp.]

      Zhè jué bù shì xiàng yīmiànzhījiāo de rénmen qiúyuán de shíhòu, yīnwèi nǐ hái bù zhīdào zìjǐ shì ge shénme jiéguǒ li. [Pinyin]

      It's never a good time to request a favor from people you only know casually, because you don't know what you're getting yourself into.