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outwardly; superficially; on the face of it

biǎo miàn shang
WordHSK 6
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The fly running on the mirror doesn't worry about its reflection on the points of its legs from which it sits and runs; but on the contrary, it sees on the smooth surface a quantity of very small things which interest it and which we confuse with dust and grime.