边 邊 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously syn 规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn 界 jiè (bound form) boundary / border / (bound form) realm syn 边境 邊境 biān jìng frontier / border syn 边界 邊界 biān jiè boundary / border syn 海关 海關 hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL:個|个[ge4] 风情 風情 fēng qíng mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc syn 越界 yuè jiè to cross a border / to overstep a bound 偷渡 tōu dù illegal immigration / to stowaway (on a ship) / to steal across the international border / to run a blockade 国界 國界 guó jiè national boundary / border between countries 出界 chū jiè to cross a border / (sport) to go out of bounds 申报 申報 shēn bào to report (to the authorities) / to declare (to customs) 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 通关 通關 tōng guān to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc) syn 国境 國境 guó jìng national border / frontier syn 报税 報稅 bào shuì to file an income tax return / to declare dutiable goods (at customs) 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 关税 關稅 guān shuì customs duty / tariff 接壤 jiē rǎng to border on syn 边城 邊城 biān chéng border town / remote town 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 民情 mín qíng circumstances of the people / popular sentiment / the mood of the people / popular customs syn 风土人情 風土人情 fēng tǔ rén qíng local conditions and customs (idiom) syn 边陲 邊陲 biān chuí border area / frontier syn 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 报关 報關 bào guān to declare at customs 民风 民風 mín fēng popular customs / folkways / the character of the people of a nation (or region etc) 哨卡 shào qiǎ border sentry post syn 海关总署 海關總署 hǎi guān zǒng shǔ General Administration of Customs (GAC) 赫德 hè dé Hart or Herd (name) / Robert Hart (1835-1911), Englishman who served 1863-1911 in Qing dynasty customs office 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 入关 入關 rù guān to enter a pass / to go through customs 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] 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 风土 風土 fēng tǔ natural conditions and social customs of a place / local conditions syn 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 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 移风易俗 移風易俗 yí fēng yì sú (idiom) to reform habits and customs 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 卡 qiǎ to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3] 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 镶 鑲 xiāng to inlay / to embed / ridge / border syn 境 jìng border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory syn 滨 濱 bīn (bound form) water's edge / bank / shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) syn 入乡随俗 入鄉隨俗 rù xiāng suí sú When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom) / do as the natives do / When in Rome, do as the Romans do 州界 zhōu jiè state border / state line 涯 yá border / horizon / shore syn 疆 jiāng border / boundary syn 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 图们江 圖們江 tú mén jiāng Tumen river in Jilin province 吉林省, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea 九嶷山 jiǔ yí shān Jiuyi Mountains in Hunan on the border with Guangdong 独龙江 獨龍江 dú lóng jiāng Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit 废弛 廢弛 fèi chí to fall into disuse (of laws, customs etc) / to neglect syn 圻 qí boundary / a border 畛 zhěn border / boundary / field-path 陉 陘 xíng border the stove / defile / pass 摩尔多瓦 摩爾多瓦 mó ěr duō wǎ Moldova / Republic of Moldova, former Soviet republic on the border with Romania 进关 進關 jìn guān inbound customs (international trade) 天山 tiān shān Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan 山海经 山海經 shān hǎi jīng Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc 国界线 國界線 guó jiè xiàn national border 边防站 邊防站 biān fáng zhàn border station / frontier post 关征 關征 guān zhēng customs levy / customs post charging import duties 海关章程 海關章程 hǎi guān zhāng chéng customs regulations / customs regime 边币 邊幣 biān bì Border Region currency, issued by the Communist Border Region governments during the War against Japan and the War of Liberation 