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HSK
over there / yonder
HSK 1
east / east side / eastern part / to the east of
HSK 1
one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while
HSK 1
south / south side / southern part / to the south of
HSK 1
outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home
HSK 1
side; adjacent place
HSK 1
right side / right, to the right
HSK 1
left / the left side / to the left of
HSK 1
west / west side / western part / to the west of
HSK 1
north / north side / northern part / to the north of
HSK 1
inside
HSK 1
front / the front side / in front of
HSK 1
the top / above / overhead / upwards / the top margin / above-mentioned / those higher up
HSK 1
this side / here
HSK 1
under / the underside / below
HSK 1
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 1
at one's side / on hand
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *邊* | 邊* | *邊
side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL: 個|个 / simultaneously
HSK 2
coast / seaside / seashore / beach
HSK 2
curb; roadside; wayside
HSK 2
either side; both sides
HSK 4
frontier; border
HSK 5
edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery / marginal; borderline
HSK 6
without boundary / not bordered
HSK 6
periphery; rim; perimeter; surroundings / (computing) (attributive) peripheral / merch (abbr. for 周邊商品|周边商品)
HSK 7-9
bilateral
HSK 7-9
far from the center / remote / outlying
HSK 7-9
half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
to back sb up / to support sb in an argument / (lit. to beat nearby drum)
HSK 7-9
multilateral
HSK 7-9
border area / borderland / frontier / frontier region
HSK 7-9
unilateral
HSK 7-9
boundary / border
HSK 7-9
Watanabe (Japanese surname)
relevant / to the point / has sth to do with the matter (also used with negative)
to be likely or possible / to begin to take shape / to be likely to succeed
Jingbian County in Yulin 榆林, Shaanxi
to help develop the border areas
scalene triangle
border area
to have a connection with / to be close (to reality) / to be relevant / to have one's hand in
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *邊* | 邊* | *邊
suffix of a noun of locality
side / side-room / room in the wings
roadside stall
river bank
lace / decorative border
frame; rim
to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age); to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality)
half of sth / one side of sth
(textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge; rough edge
shore
equilateral triangle
Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia
polygon
border area
border area / frontier
border station / strategic defensive position on frontier
side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边
frontier defense
(idiom) boundless; limitless
horizon / ends of the earth / remotest places
border town / remote town
Yanbian county in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
limit / bound / boundary / (economics) marginal
river bank
not care about one's appearance (idiom) / slovenly in dress and manner
The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. / Repent and ye shall be saved!
border district / borderland
to garrison the border / to guard the frontier / exile to a border garrison post
scrap / bits and pieces left over
media gossip / sensational news
Dingbian County in Yulin 榆林, Shaanxi
base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt)
extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic
the end / border / just before the end
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
border checkpoint
near / beside
fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc / also written 毛邊|毛边
octagon
lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other
side door / wicket door
boundary line / border line
Yanbian county in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
remote / border area
foreign invasion / disaster on border due to incursion
to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side / to support unconditionally
(of a dress etc) border, edging
Linpien township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
on hand / at hand
not to the point / wide of the mark / neither here nor there / irrelevant
pentagon
to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
Laobian district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning
close to the border / along the border
parallelogram
edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river)
fringes of cloth / (fig.) one's dress; one's appearance
frontier stockade

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