边 邊 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously syn 边缘 邊緣 biān yuán edge / fringe / verge / brink / periphery / marginal / borderline syn 刻薄 kè bó unkind / harsh / cutting / mean / acrimony / to embezzle by making illegal deductions syn 神经质 神經質 shén jīng zhì nervous / on edge / excitable / neurotic 刀锋 刀鋒 dāo fēng cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool syn 挖苦 wā kǔ to speak sarcastically / to make cutting remarks / also pr. [wa1 ku5] syn 濒临 瀕臨 bīn lín on the edge of / (fig.) on the verge of / close to syn 减价 減價 jiǎn jià to cut prices / to discount / to mark down / price cutting syn 提心吊胆 提心吊膽 tí xīn diào dǎn (saying) to be very scared and on edge syn 水边 水邊 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) syn 前沿 qián yán (military) forward position / frontier / cutting-edge / forefront syn 剪报 剪報 jiǎn bào newspaper cutting / clippings 刺骨 cì gǔ piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold) syn 刀具 dāo jù cutting tool syn 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved syn 棱角 稜角 léng jiǎo edge and corner / protrusion / sharpness (of a protrusion) / craggy / ridge corner syn 刀口 dāo kǒu the edge of a knife / cut / incision syn 地头 地頭 dì tóu place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page syn 尖利 jiān lì sharp / keen / cutting / shrill / piercing syn 镶边 鑲邊 xiāng biān edge / border / to edge (with lace, embroidery etc) 砧板 zhēn bǎn cutting board / chopping block syn 边沿 邊沿 biān yán edge / fringe syn 擦边球 擦邊球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable 悬崖勒马 懸崖勒馬 xuán yá lè mǎ lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time 忐忑 tǎn tè apprehensive / on edge syn 自刎 zì wěn to commit suicide by cutting one's own throat syn 新锐 新銳 xīn ruì cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc) / novel and competitive / new and dashing syn 采煤 採煤 cǎi méi coal mining / coal extraction / coal cutting 切削 qiē xiāo to cut / cutting / machining syn 床沿 chuáng yán the edge of a bed 卫星城 衛星城 wèi xīng chéng "satellite" town / edge city / exurb 毛边 毛邊 máo biān (textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge / rough edge 水浒 水滸 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore 切口 qiē kǒu incision / notch / slit / gash / margin of a page / trimmed edge (of a page in a book) syn 边儿 邊兒 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1] 偏锋 偏鋒 piān fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1]) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things 快刀斩乱麻 快刀斬亂麻 kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot syn 窗花 chuāng huā paper cutting 刃具 rèn jù cutting tool syn 激光切割机 激光切割機 laser cutting machine 沿 yán along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge syn 缘 緣 yuán cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along syn 际 際 jì border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances) syn 锋 鋒 fēng point of a spear / edge of a tool / vanguard / forward (in sports team) syn 刃 rèn edge of blade syn 滨 濱 bīn (bound form) water's edge / bank / shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) syn 畔 pàn (bound form) side / edge / boundary syn 棱 稜 léng arris / edge / corrugation / ridges syn 冉 rǎn edge of a tortoiseshell / used in 冉冉[ran3 ran3] 擦边 擦邊 cā biān to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age) / to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality) 五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3] 拉丝模 拉絲模 lā sī mó die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter) 锷 鍔 è blade edge / sharp 菜板 cài bǎn chopping board / cutting board / CL:張|张[zhang1] 后缘 後緣 hòu yuán trailing edge (of airplane wing) 鋹 chǎng sharp / a keen edge / sharp point 克丝钳子 克絲鉗子 kè sī qián zi wire cutting pincers 切磋琢磨 qiē cuō zhuó mó lit. cutting and polishing (idiom) / fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences syn 剖腹藏珠 pōu fù cáng zhū lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) / fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities syn 割股疗亲 割股療親 gē gǔ liǎo qīn to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom) / filial thigh-cutting 水磨切割 hydro-abrasive cutting / water-jet cutting K电子吸收限密度计 K-absorption edge densitometry / K-edge densitometry 战斗地域前沿 戰鬥地域前沿 forward edge of the battle area / front edge of the battle area 吃刀 chī dāo penetration of a cutting tool 刵 èr cutting off the ears as punishment 快刀断乱麻 快刀斷亂麻 kuài dāo duàn luàn má lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot 原木造材 yuán mù zào cái bucking / cross-cutting 环境和自然资源交叉方桉 環境和自然資源交叉方案 Environment and Natural Resource Cross-cutting Programme 切割女性生殖器官 female genital mutilation / female genital cutting 采伐单元 采伐單元 cutting unit / setting 破坏铁丝网坦克 破坏鐵絲网坦克 pò huài tiě sī wǎng tǎn kè wire-cutting tank 禁止切割女性生殖器联合方桉 禁止切割女性生殖器聯合方案 Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting 共有的问题 共有的問題 cross-cutting issue 交叉问题 交叉問題 cross-cutting issue 贯穿各领域的问题 貫穿各領域的問題 cross-cutting issue 钻石切割中心 鉆石切割中心 diamond-cutting center 西非交错问题机构间人道主义小组 西非交錯問題機構間人道主義小組 Inter-Agency Humanitarian Group on Cross-cutting West Africa Issues 横向技术小组 橫向技術小組 cross-cutting technical group 钥匙配制机 鑰匙配制機 key-cutting machine 锁具切割机 鎖具切割機 key cutting machine 部分采伐，块状采伐 部分采伐，塊狀采伐 partial cutting 择伐 擇伐 selection cutting / selection harvesting 留母树作业法 留母樹作業法 seed tree cutting / seed tree method 块状作业 塊狀作業 patch cutting 采伐期 cutting time 掺加剂 摻加劑 cutting agent 滚刀块 滾刀塊 gǔn dāo kuài chunks obtained by repeatedly cutting a vegetable diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut 路堑 路塹 lù qiàn (civil engineering) cutting (for a railway or highway) 切菜板 qiē cài bǎn cutting board / chopping board 割股疗亲 割股療親 gē gǔ liáo qīn to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom) / filial thigh-cutting 滚刀 滾刀 gǔn dāo (engineering) gear hob (cutting tool used in manufacturing gears) 雷雕 léi diāo laser cutting (abbr. for 雷射雕刻[lei2 she4 diao1 ke4]) 塝 bàng the edge / border of a field 驳岸 駁岸 bó àn a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment / revetment 侧锋 側鋒 cè fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1feng1]) 濆 fén edge of water 壖 ruán land on water edge or under wall 沿儿 沿兒 yán r edge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 馬路沿兒|马路沿儿) syn 