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  *东* | 东* | *东
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
thing / stuff / person / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
the east / eastern part
HSK 3
northeast
HSK 2
east / east side / eastern part / to the east of
HSK 1
east
HSK 2
southeast
HSK 2
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  *东* | 东* | *东
surname Dong
Southeast Asia
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
host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
HSK 7-9
(of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom) / to come to light
east and west
East African Rift Valley
Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
Eastern civilization
to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around
HSK 7-9
the Eastern Hemisphere
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
East Asia
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
Northeast China; Manchuria
Indomalayan realm
easterly wind / spring breeze / (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances
Western Zhou (1045-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC)
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Japan (old) / East Asian countries
Dongxihu, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
southeast part
Northeast Asia
east, south, west and north / all directions
Tunghai University (in Taichung, Taiwan)
Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
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
owner (e.g. of a shop)
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
Southeast University
China Eastern Airlines
Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
Eastern barbarian / ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China
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
Dongyang, a county-level city in Jinhua City 金華市|金华市, Zhejiang
lit. to return east / fig. to return to one's homeland
East and West hemispheres
Dongshan, a county in Zhangzhou City 漳州市, Fujian
Tokyo University, Japan
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
Oriental Pearl Television Tower
Dongzhou district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning
East and West Germany / refers to the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom) / if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else
East Asian Games
Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
Dongjiang River
abbr. for 東突厥斯坦解放組織|东突厥斯坦解放组织, East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO)
East Germany (1945-1990) / German Democratic Republic 德意志民主共和國|德意志民主共和国
Dongcheng, a district of central Beijing
east west south north
Tokyo Imperial University (renamed Tokyo University after 1945)
Dongchuan district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan
Donghu, a district of Nanchang City 南昌市, Jiangxi
Dongguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
Tokyo Tower
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about
Japanese Esoteric Buddhism
punitive expedition to the east
Donglan, a county in Hechi City 河池市, Guangxi

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