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 羽毛 yǔ máo feather / plumage / plume syn 前线 前線 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge 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 濒临 瀕臨 bīn lín on the edge of / (fig.) on the verge of / close to 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 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved syn 锋芒 鋒芒 fēng máng tip (of pencil, spear etc) / sharp point / cutting edge / spearhead / vanguard 棱角 稜角 léng jiǎo edge and corner / protrusion / sharpness (of a protrusion) / craggy / ridge corner syn 轻飘飘 輕飄飄 qīng piāo piāo light as a feather 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 鸡毛 雞毛 jī máo chicken feather / CL:根[gen1] / trivial 镶边 鑲邊 xiāng biān edge / border / to edge (with lace, embroidery etc) 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 鹅毛 鵝毛 é máo goose feather syn 新锐 新銳 xīn ruì cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc) / novel and competitive / new and dashing syn 床沿 chuáng yán the edge of a bed 羽化 yǔ huà levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion syn 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 臭味相投 chòu wèi xiāng tóu to share vile habits / partners in notoriety / birds of a feather syn 毛 máo hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) syn 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 羽 yǔ feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale 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] 翳 yì feather screen / to screen / to shade / cataract syn 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) 翎毛 líng máo feather / plume / plumage / CL:根[gen1] syn 营私 營私 yíng sī to gain from corrupt dealing / to engage in graft / to feather one's nest syn 锷 鍔 è blade edge / sharp 纛 dào big banner / feather banner or fan 鹅毛大雪 鵝毛大雪 é máo dà xuě goose feather snow (idiom) / big heavy snow fall syn 后缘 後緣 hòu yuán trailing edge (of airplane wing) 鋹 chǎng sharp / a keen edge / sharp point 葙 xiāng see 青葙, feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea) 千里寄鹅毛 千里寄鵝毛 qiān lǐ jì é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛 千里送鹅毛 千里送鵝毛 qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it 千里鹅毛 千里鵝毛 qiān lǐ é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2] syn 威凤一羽 威鳳一羽 wēi fèng yī yǔ lit. one phoenix feather / fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole 泰山鸿毛 泰山鴻毛 tài shān hóng máo as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death) syn 物以类聚 物以類聚 wù yǐ lèi jù similar things come together (idiom) / like draws like / Birds of a feather flock together. 轻于鸿毛 輕於鴻毛 qīng yú hóng máo light as a goose feather (idiom) / trifling / unimportant syn 鸿毛泰山 鴻毛泰山 hóng máo tài shān lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another 鸿毛泰岱 鴻毛泰岱 hóng máo tài dài light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another 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 翿 dào feather banner or fan 菼 tǎn Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass) / Miscanthus sinensis (feather grass) 佡 xiān variant of 仙, immortal / light (as a feather) 千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重 千里送鵝毛，禮輕人意重 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it. 千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重 千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it. 拿着鸡毛当令箭 拿著雞毛當令箭 ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom) / to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext 物以类聚，人以群分 物以類聚，人以群分 wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom) / Birds of a feather flock together. 瞖 yì variant of 翳, feather screen / to screen / to shade / cataract 礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛 禮輕人意重，千里送鵝毛 lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng , qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it. 礼轻情意重 禮輕情意重 lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it. 青葙 qīng xiāng feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea) 青葙子 qīng xiāng zi feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea) 一路货色 一路貨色 yī lù huò sè (pejorative) as detestable as each other / birds of a feather / cut from the same cloth 一路货色 一路貨色 yī lù - huò sè (idiom) (pejorative) as detestable as each other / birds of a feather / cut from the same cloth 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 斿 yóu scallops along lower edge of flag 裍 kǔn a border or band on the edge of a dress 凸边 凸邊 tū biān rim / protruding edge 拼板 pīn bǎn to edge-join boards with glue to form a panel (woodworking) 挨边 挨邊 āi biān to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant) 木讷老人 木訥老人 mù nè lǎo rén ungraduated ruler / straight edge 溜边 溜邊 liū biān to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved 溜边儿 溜邊兒 liū biān r to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / (fig.) to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved 轮缘 輪緣 lún yuán rim / edge of wheel 马路沿儿 馬路沿兒 mǎ lù yán r roadside / edge of the road 搬起石头砸自己的脚 搬起石頭砸自己的腳 bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard 卷边 捲邊 juǎn biān to hem / hem / to curl (at the edge) 勚 勩 yì (literary) toilsome / laborious / (of an edge etc) worn out / blunt 月台幕门 月台幕門 yuè tái mù mén (railway) platform screen doors / platform-edge doors 