扑面而来

Traditional form:

撲面而來

Pinyin (reading):

pūmiàn'érlái

Definitions:

• lit. sth hits one in the face
• directly in one's face
• sth assaults the senses
• blatant (advertising)
• eye-catching
• (a smell) assaults the nostrils

Characters:

• 扑 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

Traditional characters:

• 撲 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on