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east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
Southeast Asia
the east / eastern part
HSK 3
to do one's shopping
Mao Zedong (1893–1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935–1976
(of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom) / to come to light
East China
east and west
thing / stuff / person / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
East African Rift Valley
Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
Eastern civilization
the Eastern Hemisphere
to go separate ways (idiom) / to part ways with sb / Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1]
Shandong Province, capital Jinan 濟南市|济南市 (abbr. to 魯|鲁)
Dongguang, a county in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市, Hebei
Oriental Daily News
east and west / east to west
Dongli suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Jingdong, Chinese e-commerce company
East Asia
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Hong Kong)
(idiom) to sway from side to side; unsteady / (idiom) indecisive; hesitant
northeast / northeastern
Dongshi or Tungshih township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
Northeast China; Manchuria
northeast
HSK 2
Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关 / Kantō region of Japan
Indomalayan realm
easterly wind / spring breeze / (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances
Western Zhou (1045-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC)
to the east of (suffix)
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about / to hopscotch / also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠
HSK 7-9
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Japan (old) / East Asian countries
Dongxihu, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
Mao Zedong Thought
shareholder / stockholder
HSK 6
southeast part
Northeast Asia
east, south, west and north / all directions
Tunghai University (in Taichung, Taiwan)
Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
HSK 7-9
Guangdong Province, capital Guangzhou 廣州市|广州市 (abbr. to 粵|粤)
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
Middle East
Yadong county, Tibetan: Gro mo rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
the five directions 五方 east, south, west, north and middle
Donggang, the name of various places, including 東港市|东港市, a county-level city in Dandong 丹東市|丹东市, Liaoning, and 東港區|东港区, a district of Rizhao 日照市, Shandong
East Africa
(literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan
lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
owner (e.g. of a shop)
Pudong, a district of Shanghai to the east of the Huangpu River, full name 浦東新區|浦东新区
lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item
Eastern and Western culture
Eastern Orthodox Church
Dongpo District of Meishan City 眉山市, Sichuan
(esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931–1945) Jap; Nip
Donghai county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港, Jiangsu
Toshiba, Japanese electronics company
Oriental Pearl Tower
The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk song
Huidong, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan
Southeast University
China Eastern Airlines
Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
Eastern barbarian / ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China
Cantonese language
to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around
HSK 7-9
Hao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player
Cantonese (people)
to host (a dinner) / to treat / to pick up the check
Qidong, a county-level city in Nantong City 南通市, Jiangsu
Dandong, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
Tokyo Bay / former name of 北部灣|北部湾, Gulf of Tonkin
Northeast Plain, also called the Manchurian Plain
(Tw) ASEAN (abbr. for 東南亞國協|东南亚国协)
(Tw) ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
Dongli suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher
Dongyang, a county-level city in Jinhua City 金華市|金华市, Zhejiang
Taitung city in southeast Taiwan, capital of Taitung county
lit. to return east / fig. to return to one's homeland
East and West hemispheres

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