日本正面臨著嚴重的經濟問題。

Japan is confronted with severe economic problems.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 日本 Rìběn Japan
2 正面 zhèngmiàn
  1. front
  2. obverse side
  3. right side
  4. positive
  5. direct
  6. open
=3 臨 lín
  1. to face
  2. to overlook
  3. to arrive
  4. to be (just) about to
  5. just before
=3 臨 lìn
  1. (obsolete) to mourn for a deceased person; to wail in lamentation of a death
  2. to mourn for a deceased person; to wail in lamentation of a death
=4 著 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=4 著 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=4 著 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=4 著 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=4 著 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding
5 嚴重 yánzhòng grave; serious; severe; critical
=6 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=6 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=6 的 dí really and truly
=6 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 經濟問題 jīngjìwèntí economic problem