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the top / above / overhead / upwards / the top margin / above-mentioned / those higher up
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *边* | 边* | *边
side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL: 個|个 / simultaneously
HSK 2
margin / leeway
HSK 7-9
substantially; by a wide margin
HSK 7-9
(idiom) a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *眉* | 眉* | *眉
eyebrow / upper margin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缘* | 缘* | *缘
cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along
incision / notch / slit / gash / margin of a page / trimmed edge (of a page in a book)
to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short
by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small
Wu Song, a heroic outlaw of Liangshan Marsh in the classic novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传, whose exploits include killing a tiger with his bare hands
large-format (picture, banner, photo etc) / substantially; by a wide margin
place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page
to win by a narrow margin
side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边
header / top margin on a page
tip of the eyebrows / top margin on a page
Wang Ying (character in the "Water Margin")
Water Margin Sequel, by Chen Chen 陳忱|陈忱
Huang Xin, character in The Water Margin
to buy on margin (finance)
Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin
(page) margin
Li Kui, character in the novel Water Margin 水滸全傳|水浒全传
(typesetting) to not indent / to set the text flush with the left (or top) margin
the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传, Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
margin / allowance
Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传
Ximen Qing, a fictional character in the novels "Jin Ping Mei" 金瓶梅 and "Water Margin" 水滸傳|水浒传
Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传
(idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin; to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust
Shi Nai'an (1296-1371), author of Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh 水滸傳|水浒传
the heroes of Liangshan Marsh (in the novel "Water Margin" 水滸傳|水浒传)
Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature / also written 水滸傳|水浒传
Green Wall of China, a massive afforestation program on the eastern margin of the Gobi Desert aimed at stopping the desert's expansion, started in 1978 and planned to be completed by 2050
to leave room to maneuver; to leave a margin for error
Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan
earnest money / cash deposit / bail / margin (in derivative trading)
profit margin
Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
the upper margin of a page
Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
to have room to save a situation / margin for error (idiom)


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