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HSK
side; adjacent place
HSK 1
aside / to the side of
HSK 7-9
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  *旁* | 旁* | *旁
one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as , etc)
HSK 5
to be inattentive / to be distracted by sth
component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part)
side door
name of "cliff" radical in simplified Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27)
to be duty bound / to be one's unshirkable responsibility
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
to make insinuations / to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)
lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other
to comprehend (new things) by analogy
alongside / nearby
lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard
to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
to bypass
name of the lateral "knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in , , 別|别 etc
Pond's (brand of skin care products)
character serving as sound value of another character / phonetic
aside (theater) / voice-over / background narration
spectator / non-participant
HSK 7-9
an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
Punjab state of India / Punjab province of Pakistan
both sides; either side
phonetic component of Chinese character
(idiom) to observe with an indifferent attitude; to be a bystander (usually referring to someone who could get involved but chooses not to)
other people / bystanders / onlookers / outsiders
auditor (student)
Jiepang (Chinese location-based social networking service for mobile devices, in operation 2010-2016)
to act as though there were nobody else present / unselfconscious / fig. without regard for others
paranasal sinus
roadside
name of the lateral "knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in , , 別|别 etc
semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component in )
Punjab state in northwest India bordering Pakistan
observer / spectator
dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion / dissident group
completely focused / free of distractions
circumstantial evidence
Punjab province of Pakistan
(idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved
coronary bypass operation
collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines)
hamstring (anatomy) / see also 膕繩肌|腘绳肌
Bourbon
helm (of a ship)
coronary bypass operation
name of "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 訁|讠
nearby regions
to sit in on (proceedings) / to be present at a meeting as an observer / to audit (a class)
(colloquial) grapheme (variant form of Kangxi radical 66, )
(anatomy) parathyroid gland
erhua variant of 旁邊|旁边
see 膕旁腱肌|腘旁腱肌 / hamstring (anatomy)
lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion) / fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on
variant of 彷徨


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