對立面

Chinese

		to oppose; to set something against; to counter to oppose; to set something against; to counter; to be antagonistic to	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (對立面)		對立	面
simp. (对立面)		对立	面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duìlìmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi³ laap⁶ min⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duìlìmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duèilìmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: tui⁴-li⁴-mien⁴
    • Yale: dwèi-lì-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueylihmiann
    • Palladius: дуйлимянь (dujlimjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deoi³ laap⁶ min⁶
    • Yale: deui laahp mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ laap⁹ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ lab⁶ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ laːp̚² miːn²²/

Noun

對立面

1. (philosophy or generally) opposite; antithesis; opposite sides

   • 矛盾著的對立面又統一，又鬥爭，由此推動事物的運動和變化。 [MSC, trad.]
     矛盾着的对立面又统一，又斗争，由此推动事物的运动和变化。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Máodùn zhe de duìlìmiàn yòu tǒngyī, yòu dòuzhēng, yóucǐ tuīdòng shìwù de yùndòng hé biànhuà. [Pinyin]

     Between the opposites in a contradiction there is at once unity and struggle, and it is this that impels things to move and change.