面

face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

variant of 麵|面[mian4]

flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless

one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "myeon"), an ancient Korean writing system

variant of 回[hui2]

on top of / above-mentioned / also pr. [shang4 mian5]

below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]

to boil noodles

one side / one aspect / simultaneously... (and...) / one's whole face

on the one hand

lit. one body two sides (idiom) / fig. a situation with two sides to it

chopped fried noodles

better kept under the table (idiom) / not to be disclosed / too inferior to show in public

to be entirely on one side / one-sided / lopsided / partisan / overwhelmingly on one side

one side of the story / one-sided statement

to have met once / casual acquaintance