一起 yī qǐ (in) the same place / together / in company (with) / altogether / in total / an instance of / a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc) syn 边 邊 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously syn 方 fāng 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 syn 界 jiè (bound form) boundary / border / (bound form) realm syn 争吵 爭吵 zhēng chǎo to quarrel / dispute syn 边境 邊境 biān jìng frontier / border syn 和解 hé jiě to settle (a dispute out of court) / to reconcile / settlement / conciliation / to become reconciled syn 争执 爭執 zhēng zhí to dispute / to disagree / to argue opinionatedly / to wrangle syn 边界 邊界 biān jiè boundary / border syn 争议 爭議 zhēng yì controversy / dispute / to dispute syn 海关 海關 hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL:個|个[ge4] 争辩 爭辯 zhēng biàn a dispute / to wrangle syn 平息 píng xī (of wind etc) to subside / to die down / to quell / to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc) syn 打官司 dǎ guān si to file a lawsuit / to sue / to dispute syn 纠纷 糾紛 jiū fēn dispute syn 越界 yuè jiè to cross a border / to overstep a bound 阵营 陣營 zhèn yíng group of people / camp / faction / sides in a dispute syn 偷渡 tōu dù illegal immigration / to stowaway (on a ship) / to steal across the international border / to run a blockade 争端 爭端 zhēng duān dispute / controversy / conflict syn 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 国界 國界 guó jiè national boundary / border between countries 口舌 kǒu shé dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round syn 出界 chū jiè to cross a border / (sport) to go out of bounds 纠葛 糾葛 jiū gé entanglement / dispute syn 开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn 花边 花邊 huā biān lace / decorative border syn 交界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border syn 纷争 紛爭 fēn zhēng to dispute 校方 xiào fāng the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities 辩驳 辯駁 biàn bó to dispute / to refute syn 辩称 辯稱 biàn chēng to argue (that) / to allege / to dispute / to plead (e.g. not guilty) 各方 gè fāng all parties (in a dispute etc) / all sides / all directions syn 国境 國境 guó jìng national border / frontier syn 越境 yuè jìng to cross a border (usually illegally) / to sneak in or out of a country 镶边 鑲邊 xiāng biān edge / border / to edge (with lace, embroidery etc) 鸿沟 鴻溝 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4] syn 滋事 zī shì to cause trouble / to provoke a dispute syn 接壤 jiē rǎng to border on syn 边城 邊城 biān chéng border town / remote town 劝架 勸架 quàn jià to mediate in a quarrel / to intervene in a dispute and try to calm things down syn 边界线 邊界線 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line 滚边 滾邊 gǔn biān (of a dress etc) border, edging syn 边疆 邊疆 biān jiāng border area / borderland / frontier / frontier region syn 花坛 花壇 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape syn 边陲 邊陲 biān chuí border area / frontier syn 打圆场 打圓場 dǎ yuán chǎng to help to resolve a dispute / to smooth things over syn 教案 jiào àn lesson plan / teaching plan / a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing) 口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries syn 边关 邊關 biān guān border station / strategic defensive position on frontier syn 鸭绿江 鴨綠江 yā lù jiāng Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border 界碑 jiè bēi boundary stone / table marking border syn 黑龙江 黑龍江 hēi lóng jiāng see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1long2jiang1 Sheng3] / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia 哨卡 shào qiǎ border sentry post syn 疆界 jiāng jiè border / boundary syn 界河 jiè hé border river (between countries or regions) 游走 遊走 yóu zǒu to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range) 泸沽湖 瀘沽湖 lú gū hú Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan 南疆 nán jiāng southern border (of a country) 边儿 邊兒 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1] 事主 shì zhǔ victim (of a criminal) / party involved (in a dispute etc) / main instigator syn 太行山 tài háng shān Taihang Mountains on the border between Hebei and Shanxi 边区 邊區 biān qū border area syn 跨境 kuà jìng cross-border 中国海关 中國海關 zhōng guó hǎi guān Chinese customs (i.e. border police) 开城 開城 kāi chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies 南岭 南嶺 nán lǐng Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi 贺兰山 賀蘭山 hè lán shān Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia 边防军 邊防軍 biān fáng jūn border guard / frontier army syn 三八线 三八線 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea 沿边 沿邊 yán biān close to the border / along the border 封疆 fēng jiāng border region / regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times) 边检 邊檢 biān jiǎn border inspection / immigration inspection 滋扰 滋擾 zī rǎo to cause trouble / to provoke a dispute 戍边 戍邊 shù biān to garrison the border / to guard the frontier / exile to a border garrison post syn 樟木 zhāng mù Dram (Chinese Zhangmu), town at Tibet-Nepal border syn 海疆 hǎi jiāng coastal border region syn 边民 邊民 biān mín people living on the frontiers / inhabitants of a border area 花被 huā bèi perianth (common term for calyx and corolla) / border and protecting envelope of a flower 辩 辯 biàn to dispute / to debate / to argue / to discuss syn 较 較 jiào (bound form) to compare / (literary) to dispute / compared to / (before an adjective) relatively / comparatively / rather / also pr. [jiao3] syn 沿 yán along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge syn 际 際 jì border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances) syn 了断 了斷 liǎo duàn to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem) syn 镶 鑲 xiāng to inlay / to embed / ridge / border syn 境 jìng border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory syn 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 旧案 舊案 jiù àn old court case / long-standing legal dispute syn 滨 濱 bīn (bound form) water's edge / bank / shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) syn 州界 zhōu jiè state border / state line 涯 yá border / horizon / shore syn 疆 jiāng border / boundary syn 坐收渔利 坐收漁利 zuò shōu yú lì benefit from others' dispute (idiom) syn 骑墙 騎牆 qí qiáng to sit on the fence (in a dispute) 垠 yín limit / border / river bank syn 燧 suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke 濒 瀕 bīn to approach / to border on / near syn 埸 yì border 关防 關防 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times) syn 口水仗 kǒu shuǐ zhàng dispute / spat / shouting match 