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north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
HSK 2
cube (third power, math.)
underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
analogy / instance / for instance
HSK 5
east and west / east to west
our side; we
party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方, party B)
northeast / northeastern
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  *方* | 方* | *方
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  *方* | 方* | *方
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
prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.)
ahead / the front
HSK 6
somewhere / someplace / where
seller (in contracts)
buyer (in contracts)
south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
HSK 2
party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方, party A)
square (i.e. x times x)
both sides (in contract) / the two opposing sides (in a dispute)
to be generous in the extreme (idiom)
bilateral / both sides / both parties involved
HSK 3
to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc) / to hold as one's personal fiefdom
labor (as opposed to capital or management) / the workers
place above (it) / upper part (of it)
HSK 7-9
a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region
(business) partner
(math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation; power
police
(idiom) all directions; all around
HSK 7-9
confident / calm / natural / poised
the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
government / official (approved or issued by an authority)
HSK 4
(of one's conduct, speech etc) natural and unrestrained
all parties (in a dispute etc) / all sides / all directions
square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
HSK 4
enemy
the rear / far behind the front line
the Chinese side (in an international venture)
lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom)
third party
prescription
HSK 7-9
parties to a contract (law)
where?
(geopolitics) the Global South
Rubik's cube / magic cube
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
to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
to cave in; to collapse; to have a landslide
party in a contract, treaty etc
good medicine / effective prescription / fig. good plan / effective strategy
interested party
four-way / four-sided / in all directions / everywhere
our side / one's own (side etc)
the East; the Orient / two-character surname Dongfang
east
HSK 2
far away / a distant location
HSK 6
the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers
the West / the Occident / Western countries
HSK 2
military
(law) the defense
the Korean side
excavated soil and rock / construction spoil
(idiom) to be the richest person (or family) in a region; to possess great wealth in one's locality
the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities
the owners of a private enterprise / management / capital (as opposed to labor)
borrower / leaser / the hiring side of a contract
to exhaust every means to achieve sth (idiom)
folk remedy / home remedy
HSK 7-9
right-hand side
all parties involved
lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom) / fig. to be observant and alert
expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea
generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed
HSK 4
folk remedy
the bride's side (of a wedding) / of the bride's party
upright / honest / proper / correct
unable to discipline a child / incapable of dealing with (unruly child)
semiofficial
in many ways / from all sides
(measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square")
(medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity
lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom) / fig. velvet glove
(Chinese medicine) the seven kinds of prescriptions 大方, 小方, 緩方|缓方, 急方, 奇方, 偶方 and 重方 or 複方|复方
region / regional (away from the central administration) / local
HSK 4
area / place / space / room / territory / CL: 處|处, 個|个, 塊|块
HSK 1
to collapse / landslide
compound prescription (involving several medicines)
the prosecution / prosecutors
borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet)
credit side (of a balance sheet), as opposed to 收方
the eight points of the compass / all directions
hexagonal
policyholder (insurance)
(raised to the) nth power
medical prescription / to write out a prescription / (fig.) recommendation / advice
HSK 7-9
chi-square (math.)
ship (commerce)
the Kinki region of Japan, aka the Kansai region, with cities including Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe
(law) the prosecution

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