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  *东* | 东* | *东
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
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  *左* | 左* | *左
left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of
HSK 1
east / east side / eastern part / to the east of
HSK 1
east
HSK 2
the east / eastern part
HSK 3
capable person / Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid
HSK 7-9
Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East
Tabriz city in northwest Iran, capital of Iranian East Azerbaijan
Dongxiang or East village (place name) / Donxiang (ethnic group) / Dongxiang County in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
East Asia
Fengbin or Fengpin township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
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  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) / the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality / surname Ba / (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 (Pakistan) or 巴西 (Brazil)
Fenglin town in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
east and west
East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
Japan (old) / East Asian countries
east west south north
Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known as the Azure Dragon of the East 東方青龍|东方青龙 or 東方蒼龍|东方苍龙 / (slang) man without pubic hair
non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China / barbarians
the East; the Orient / two-character surname Dongfang
Chaoshan, region in the east of Guangdong, encompassing the cities of Chaozhou 潮州市 and Shantou 汕頭市|汕头市, with its own distinct language (Chaoshan Min 潮汕話|潮汕话) and culture
East China
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
East China University of Science and Technology
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  *浙* | 浙* | *浙
abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China
Horqin right front banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟, east Inner Mongolia
Asian area / the Far East / Asia Pacific region
Kiyomizu temple in east Kyōto 京都, Japan
Pudong, a district of Shanghai to the east of the Huangpu River, full name 浦東新區|浦东新区
Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs
Fuli township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun
Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java
Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer)
Middle East
Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn
Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan
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  *夷* | 夷* | *夷
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze
East Germany (1945-1990) / German Democratic Republic 德意志民主共和國|德意志民主共和国
punitive expedition to the east
(literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan
east, south, west and north / all directions
east side (of sth)
Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河
east side / east face
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
East Africa
east longitude
see 潮州市 / see 潮州鎮|潮州镇 / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语 spoken in east Guangdong
morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries)
Guangfu or Kuangfu township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
Binhai (place name) / Binhai New District, subprovincial district of Tianjin / Binhai county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城, Jiangsu / fictitious city Binhai in political satire / Primorsky, a territory in the far east of Russia
Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk song
Far East (loanword)
Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河 and the Changjiang 長江|长江
beyond the pass, i.e. the region north and east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关 or the region west of Jiayu Pass 嘉峪關|嘉峪关 or both
Aberdeen (city on east coast of Scotland)
Jalaid or Zhalaid (name) / Jalaid banner, Mongolian Zhalaid khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟, east Inner Mongolia
South Hamgyeong Province of east North Korea
Lester or Leicester (name) / Leicester, English city in East Midlands
karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)
Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac / also called barrenwort or horny goatweed (said to resemble crushed goat's testicles)
yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations)
Shennongjialin, directly administered forestry reserve in east Hubei
to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom) / to create a diversion
East Sichuan and Chongqing / also abbr. for Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang / abbr. for 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州
East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Chinese dissident group / abbr. for 東突厥斯坦解放組織|东突厥斯坦解放组织
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  *泃* | 泃* | *泃
(the name of a river to the east of Beijing) / Taiwan pr. [Ju4]
Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic / formerly Königsberg, capital of East Prussia
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  *卯* | 卯* | *卯
mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) / 4th earthly branch: 5–7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March–4th April), Year of the Rabbit / ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east) / (coll.) to concentrate one's strength (variant of 鉚|铆)
lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west / odds and ends (idiom)
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  *菻* | 菻* | *菻
ancient name for east Roman empire
North Gyeongsang Province, in east South Korea, capital Daegu 大邱
Sishui County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong / Surabaya, capital of East Java province of Indonesia
a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself) / Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia
East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Xinjiang dissident group
may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom)
coastal region / refers to Russian far east Primorsky Krai
Hakone, city on the east coast of Japan southwest of Tokyo
the Far East / East Asia
the East / China
East Ujimqin banner or Züün Üzemchin khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology
east and south of Liaoning province
Ruisui or Juisui township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
Fuli township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
East Xinjiang
lit. to return east / fig. to return to one's homeland
Daegu Metropolitan City, capital of North Gyeongsang Province 慶尚北道|庆尚北道 in east South Korea
the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
Xiulin or Hsiulin township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
East China Normal University (ECNU)
east-west distance
Shan state of east Myanmar (Burma)
East Coast
East India Company

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