literally in Chinese

How to write 字面上

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字面上 is written entirely with characters at HSK 2 level or below. An elementary band: common words for simple everyday exchanges.

字面上 in a sentence

• 这zhè个gè词cí字zì面miàn上shàng是shì什shén么me意yì思sī？

  What does this word mean literally?

• 不bù要yào只zhǐ从cóng字zì面miàn上shàng理lǐ解jiě。

  Do not take it just literally.

• 字zì面miàn上shàng看kàn，这zhè个gè成chéng语yǔ很hěn奇qí怪guài。

  Taken literally, this idiom sounds strange.

字面上 vs 逐字

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 逐字 zhú zì word for word

  逐字 = character-by-character literal — 逐字翻译 'translate word for word'. 字面上 is 'on the surface meaning'.