比 bì to associate with / to be near syn 后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 近 jìn near / close to / approximately syn 靠近 kào jìn to be close to / to approach / to draw near syn 即 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near syn 临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc syn 我国 我國 wǒ guó my country / our country syn 挨着 挨著 āi zhe near syn 后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn 近期 jìn qī near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent syn 走近 zǒu jìn to approach / to draw near to syn 逼近 bī jìn to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near syn 各国 各國 gè guó each country / every country / various countries syn 近亲 近親 jìn qīn close relative / near relation 邻近 鄰近 lín jìn neighboring / adjacent / near / vicinity syn 四面八方 sì miàn bā fāng in all directions / all around / far and near syn 土包子 tǔ bāo zi country bumpkin / boor / unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself) / burial mound syn 核弹头 核彈頭 hé dàn tóu nuclear reentry vehicle / nuclear warhead 凡尔赛 凡爾賽 fán ěr sài Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful 波茨坦 bō cí tǎn Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany 在即 zài jí near at hand / imminent / within sight syn 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close / very near syn 八九不离十 八九不離十 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close / very near / about right syn 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 远近 遠近 yuǎn jìn far and near / distance syn 国情 國情 guó qíng the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country 挨近 āi jìn to approach / to get close to / to sneak up on / near to syn 比邻 比鄰 bǐ lín (literary) next-door neighbor / near / next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2] syn 半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory syn 近水楼台 近水樓臺 jìn shuǐ lóu tái lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom) / fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor syn 近东 近東 jìn dōng Near East 濒于 瀕於 bīn yú near to / approaching (collapse) syn 富国 富國 fù guó rich country / make the country wealthy (political slogan) syn 闭关锁国 閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact syn 近前 jìn qián to come close / to get near to / front 遐迩 遐邇 xiá ěr near and far / far and wide 幽州 yōu zhōu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing 阳明山 陽明山 yáng míng shān Mt Yangming in Hunan / Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 核设施 核設施 hé shè shī nuclear facility / nuclear installation 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 大亚湾 大亞灣 dà yà wān Daya Bay, located on the coast of Guangdong, near Shenzhen and Hong Kong 秦始皇陵 qín shǐ huáng líng the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Li2 shan1] near Xi'an (awaits excavation) 终南山 終南山 zhōng nán shān Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an / also known as the Taiyi Mountains 骊山 驪山 lí shān Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor 天台山 tiān tāi shān Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1] 终南 終南 zhōng nán Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an 近义词 近義詞 jìn yì cí near-synonym 傍边 傍邊 bàng biān near / beside 河姆渡 hé mǔ dù Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC 淮海战役 淮海戰役 huái hǎi zhàn yì Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war 悬空寺 懸空寺 xuán kōng sì Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi 切近 qiè jìn close / near / similar to syn 潮洲 cháo zhōu Chaozhou or Teochew, a town near Guangdong, with famous cuisine / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3 nan2 yu3] spoken in east Guangdong 靠 kào to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) syn 紧 緊 jǐn tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten syn 薄 bó meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near syn 傍 bāng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. pang2, bang1, bang4 syn 傍 bàng near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4] syn 庞贝 龐貝 páng bèi Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy 拢 攏 lǒng to gather together / to collect / to approach / to draw near to / to add / to sum up / to comb (hair) syn 苏美尔 蘇美爾 sū měi ěr Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East 高纬度 高緯度 gāo wěi dù high latitude (i.e. near the poles) 濒 瀕 bīn to approach / to border on / near syn 核大国 核大國 hé dà guó a nuclear power (country) 色拉寺 sè lā sì Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet 圩 xū (dialect) country fair / country market syn 迩 邇 ěr recently / near / close 遒 qiú strong / vigorous / robust / to draw near / to come to an end 汔 qì near 国家 國家 guó jiā country / nation / state / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 总统 總統 zǒng tǒng president (of a country) / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4] syn 国 國 guó country / nation / state / (bound form) national syn 民 mín (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country syn 统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime syn 核弹 核彈 hé dàn nuclear warhead 各地 gè dì in all parts of (a country) / various regions syn 国土 國土 guó tǔ country's territory / national land syn 北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn 外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn 宪法 憲法 xiàn fǎ constitution (of a country) / CL:部[bu4] syn 国内 國內 guó nèi domestic / internal (to a country) / civil syn 国度 國度 guó dù country / nation syn 核武器 hé wǔ qì nuclear weapon syn 核磁共振 hé cí gòng zhèn nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) syn 出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad / to leave the country syn 爱国 愛國 ài guó to love one's country / patriotic syn 国旗 國旗 guó qí flag (of a country) / CL:面[mian4] 环游 環遊 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc) syn 本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory syn 出境 chū jìng to leave a country or region / outbound (tourism) syn 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 眷顾 眷顧 juàn gù to care for / to show concern for / to think longingly (of one's country) syn 入境 rù jìng to enter a country 定居 dìng jū to settle (in some city, country etc) / to take up residence syn 外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is syn 回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country 斐济 斐濟 fěi jì Fiji, country in the southwest Pacific Ocean 核电站 核電站 hé diàn zhàn nuclear power plant 