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bilateral / both shores / both sides / both coasts / Taiwan and mainland
HSK 5
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  *岸* | 岸* | *岸
bank; shore; beach; coast
HSK 5
ashore / on the riverbank
HSK 5
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  *岸* | 岸* | *岸
variant of
HSK 5
coastal / seacoast
HSK 7-9
coastal area / littoral or riparian
HSK 7-9
concave bank
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)
coastal area
embankment / bank / levee
to go ashore; to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (former British colony in Africa) and Costa Daurada (area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain)
opposite bank (of a body of water)
a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries
offshore
imposing / upright and tall / outstanding / gigantic in stature
riverside / river bank
shore
the other shore / (Buddhism) paramita
sanctimonious / dignified
(of a boat) to reach the shore / to pull toward shore / close to shore / landfall
coastguard
a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment / revetment
to beat against the shore (of waves)
to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
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!
to go ashore / to disembark
proud / haughty
solemn / serious
coastline / seaboard / shoreline
in grand style / high bank
cliff / steep slope / fig. arrogant and difficult person
Nan'an, a district of central Chongqing 重慶|重庆
lighthouse / shore beacon
East Coast
Jiang'an, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / cluster amaryllis
Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast (Tw)
United States Coast Guard
high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location
bilateral talks
cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) (transportation)
Left Bank (in Paris)
PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
to come ashore
coast guard
like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over
free on board (FOB) (transportation)


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