边 邊 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously syn 界 jiè (bound form) boundary / border / (bound form) realm syn 冰淇淋 bīng qí lín ice cream syn 极限 極限 jí xiàn limit / extreme boundary syn 冰激凌 bīng jī líng ice cream syn 冰块 冰塊 bīng kuài ice cube / ice chunk syn 边界 邊界 biān jiè boundary / border syn 界限 jiè xiàn boundary syn 冰球 bīng qiú ice hockey / puck 冰冷 bīng lěng ice-cold syn 溜冰 liū bīng ice skating / (slang) to do meth syn 冰山 bīng shān iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:座[zuo4] 境界 jìng jiè boundary / state / realm syn 冰棍 bīng gùn popsicle / ice lolly / CL:根[gen1] syn 冰雪 bīng xuě ice and snow syn 熔化 róng huà to melt (of ice, metals etc) syn 冰棒 bīng bàng popsicle / ice pop / CL:根[gen1] syn 雪糕 xuě gāo ice cream bar / ice cream popsicle syn 溜冰场 溜冰場 liū bīng chǎng ice rink / skating rink 国界 國界 guó jiè national boundary / border between countries 冰凉 冰涼 bīng liáng ice-cold syn 无边 無邊 wú biān without boundary / not bordered syn 冰雕 bīng diāo ice sculpture 干冰 乾冰 gān bīng dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] 交界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border syn 端倪 duān ní boundary / clue / indication / to obtain clues / to infer syn 止境 zhǐ jìng limit / boundary / end syn 溜冰鞋 liū bīng xié skating shoes / ice skates / roller skates / roller blades 临界 臨界 lín jiè critical / boundary syn 冰袋 bīng dài ice bag 开化 開化 kāi huà to become civilized / to be open-minded / (of ice) to thaw syn 冰场 冰場 bīng chǎng skating or ice rink / ice stadium / ice arena 冰刀 bīng dāo ice skates / ice skate blades 冰天雪地 bīng tiān xuě dì a world of ice and snow syn 临界点 臨界點 lín jiè diǎn critical point / boundary point 刨冰 bào bīng shaved or crushed ice dessert or beverage 浮冰 fú bīng ice floe 边际 邊際 biān jì limit / bound / boundary / (economics) marginal syn 边界线 邊界線 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line 冷藏箱 lěng cáng xiāng cooler / ice chest / reefer container 坚冰 jiān bīng ice / (fig.) frosty relationship 冰霜 bīng shuāng (literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness) 冰晶 bīng jīng ice crystals 冰盖 冰蓋 bīng gài ice sheet 界碑 jiè bēi boundary stone / table marking border syn 冰糕 bīng gāo ice-cream / popsicle / ice-lolly / sorbet syn 冰原 bīng yuán ice field 冰火 bīng huǒ fire and ice / combination of sharply contrasting or incompatible elements 疆界 jiāng jiè border / boundary syn 冰洞 bīng dòng hole in ice / crevasse 冰封 bīng fēng to freeze over / to ice over / icebound / to shelve (a proposal etc) 边儿 邊兒 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1] 破冰 pò bīng (fig.) to break the ice / to begin to restore amicable relations 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn 冰花 bīng huā ice crystal / frost (on windows) 分野 fēn yě dividing line between distinct realms / boundary / field-allocation (in Chinese astrology, the association between celestial regions and corresponding terrestrial realms) syn 划界 劃界 huà jiè boundary delimitation 冰灯 冰燈 bīng dēng ice lantern 第四纪 第四紀 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years) 省界 shěng jiè provincial boundary 制冰机 製冰機 zhì bīng jī ice maker 海冰 hǎi bīng sea ice 野 yě field / plain / open space / limit / boundary / rude / feral syn 际 際 jì border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances) syn 凌 líng to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat syn 境 jìng border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory syn 畔 pàn (bound form) side / edge / boundary syn 冷若冰霜 lěng ruò bīng shuāng as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman) / icy manner / frigid syn 茫 máng vast, with no clear boundary / fig. hazy / indistinct / unclear / confused 疆 jiāng border / boundary syn 冰棍儿 冰棍兒 bīng gùn r ice lolly / popsicle syn 破冰船 pò bīng chuán ice breaker 冰砖 冰磚 bīng zhuān ice-cream brick / brick of ice 定界 dìng jiè demarcation / boundary / delimited / bound (math.) 冰期 bīng qī glacial epoch / ice age 玉洁冰清 玉潔冰清 yù jié bīng qīng clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom) / spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible syn 冰桶 bīng tǒng ice bucket 液态水 液態水 yè tài shuǐ liquid water (as opposed to steam or ice) 除冰 chú bīng to defrost / to get rid of ice 冰消瓦解 bīng xiāo wǎ jiě to melt like ice and break like tiles / to disintegrate / to dissolve syn 边界层 邊界層 biān jiè céng boundary layer 圻 qí boundary / a border 畛 zhěn border / boundary / field-path 垓 gāi boundary syn 徼 jiào boundary / to go around 埏 yán boundary 冰沙 bīng shā slushie / smoothie / crushed ice drink / frappucino 冰球场 冰球場 bīng qiú chǎng ice hockey rink 冰芯 bīng xìn ice core 冰清玉洁 冰清玉潔 bīng qīng yù jié clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom) / spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible syn 冰川期 bīng chuān qī ice age 冰冠 bīng guàn inland ice sheet 镩 鑹 cuān ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip / to break a hole in ice (for ice fishing etc) using an ice spud 冰壶秋月 冰壺秋月 bīng hú qiū yuè jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡) / fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person 夏虫不可以语冰 夏蟲不可以語冰 xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom) 虎尾春冰 hǔ wěi chūn bīng lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom) / fig. extremely dangerous situation syn 增生板块边界 增生板塊邊界 accreting plate boundary / divergent plate boundary / divergent boundary 离散板块边界 離散板塊邊界 accreting plate boundary / divergent plate boundary / divergent boundary 地壳边界 地殼邊界 continent / ocean boundary / oceanic / continental crust boundary / crust boundary 