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area / place / space / room / territory / CL: 處|处, 個|个, 塊|块
HSK 1
south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
HSK 2
the West / the Occident / Western countries
HSK 2
east
HSK 2
north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
HSK 2
the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
bilateral / both sides / both parties involved
HSK 3
government / official (approved or issued by an authority)
HSK 4
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square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
HSK 4
region / regional (away from the central administration) / local
HSK 4
square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
HSK 4
generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed
HSK 4
analogy / instance / for instance
HSK 5
far away / a distant location
HSK 6
ahead / the front
HSK 6
secret recipe
HSK 7-9
medical prescription / to write out a prescription / (fig.) recommendation / advice
HSK 7-9
cube (math.) / abbr. for 立方體|立方体 / abbr. for 立方米
HSK 7-9
place above (it) / upper part (of it)
HSK 7-9
prescription
HSK 7-9
folk remedy / home remedy
HSK 7-9
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surname Fang
the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities
prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.)
police
party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方, party A)
(raised to the) nth power
(old) Arabia / Arabian
Rubik's cube / magic cube
compound prescription (involving several medicines)
the East; the Orient / two-character surname Dongfang
military
in many ways / from all sides
to cave in; to collapse; to have a landslide
all parties (in a dispute etc) / all sides / all directions
unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方, one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方) / metaphorically. a good solution
the rear / far behind the front line
where?
excavated soil and rock / construction spoil
party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方, party B)
underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
four-way / four-sided / in all directions / everywhere
the eight points of the compass / all directions
the Chinese side (in an international venture)
the side opposed to the proposition (in a formal debate)
expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea
(of a marriage) the bridegroom's side; the husband's side
the bride's side (of a wedding) / of the bride's party
right-hand side
buyer (in contracts)
seller (in contracts)
cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程) / (TCM) folk remedy
(idiom) all directions; all around
(medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity
our side / one's own (side etc)
the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate)
borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet)
ancient prescription
credit side (of a balance sheet) / creditor / lender
good medicine / effective prescription / fig. good plan / effective strategy
(of one's conduct, speech etc) natural and unrestrained
enemy
Water Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
a tried and tested medical prescription
folk remedy
(math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation; power
the owners of a private enterprise / management / capital (as opposed to labor)
(law) the prosecution
our side; we
(measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square")
upright / honest / proper / correct
(in business etc) your side / you
(of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other
to make a fool of oneself / to make oneself a laughing stock
(law) the defense
receiving party / recipient / debit side (of balance sheet), as opposed to credit side 付方
a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region
lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom) / fig. velvet glove
labor (as opposed to capital or management) / the workers
both sides (in contract) / the two opposing sides (in a dispute)
to collapse / landslide
to do things right / to use the correct method
the losing side
the prosecution / prosecutors
the Korean side
hexagonal
the Japanese side or party (in negotiations etc)
chi-square (math.)
square / four-square
ship (commerce)
distant places / distant lands
prescription of elixir / potion of immortality / potion prescribed by an immortal
cube (third power, math.)
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈
unofficial
to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
(geopolitics) the Global South
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈
third party
northeast / northeastern

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