道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 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 平台 平臺 píng tái platform / terrace / flat-roofed building syn 前线 前線 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge syn 观 觀 guàn Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform syn 神经质 神經質 shén jīng zhì nervous / on edge / excitable / neurotic 站台 zhàn tái platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website syn 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 看台 kàn tái terrace / spectator's grandstand / viewing platform 台子 臺子 tái zi platform / stand syn 讲台 講臺 jiǎng tái platform / podium / rostrum / lectern / (teacher's) desk syn 提心吊胆 提心吊膽 tí xīn diào dǎn (saying) to be very scared and on edge syn 升降机 升降機 shēng jiàng jī aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift) / lift / elevator 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 月台 月臺 yuè tái railway platform syn 私了 sī liǎo to settle privately / to solve behind closed doors / to settle out of court 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 闭合 閉合 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop 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 镶边 鑲邊 xiāng biān edge / border / to edge (with lace, embroidery etc) 内定 內定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried 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 新锐 新銳 xīn ruì cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc) / novel and competitive / new and dashing syn 跳台 跳臺 tiào tái diving platform / diving tower / landing platform 讲坛 講壇 jiǎng tán a platform (to speak) syn 栈桥 棧橋 zhàn qiáo a pier / a landing-stage / a loading trestle for goods or passengers / a platform 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 支付宝 支付寶 zhī fù bǎo Alipay, online payment platform 水浒 水滸 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore 主席台 主席臺 zhǔ xí tái rostrum / platform / CL:個|个[ge4] 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] 露台 露臺 lù tái balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace 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 观景台 觀景台 guān jǐng tái lookout / viewing platform / observation deck 扇 shàn fan / sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth / classifier for doors, windows etc 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 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 擂 lèi (bound form) platform for a martial art contest / Taiwan pr. [lei2] syn 政纲 政綱 zhèng gāng political program / platform 冉 rǎn edge of a tortoiseshell / used in 冉冉[ran3 ran3] 磅秤 bàng chèng scale / platform balance syn 樘 táng pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows syn 党纲 黨綱 dǎng gāng (political) party platform / party program 观象台 觀象臺 guān xiàng tái observatory / observation platform 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) 松糕鞋 鬆糕鞋 sōng gāo xié platform shoes 锷 鍔 è blade edge / sharp 阇 闍 dū defensive platform over gate / barbican 夜不闭户 夜不閉戶 yè bù bì hù lit. doors not locked at night (idiom) / fig. stable society syn 后缘 後緣 hòu yuán trailing edge (of airplane wing) 鋹 chǎng sharp / a keen edge / sharp point 闭门塞窦 閉門塞竇 bì mén sè dòu to close doors and block openings (idiom) / mounting a strict defense 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 一个联合国气候变化训练服务平台 一個聯合國气候變化訓練服務平台 yī gè lián hé guó qì hòu biàn huà xùn liàn fù wù píng tái One United Nations Training Service Platform for Climate Change / One UN Training Service Platform for Climate Change 海上平台 hǎi shàng píng tái sea platform / naval platform 法鲁开放平台 法魯開放平台 fǎ lǔ kāi fàng píng tái Faro Open Platform / Faro Platform 法鲁平台 法魯平台 fǎ lǔ píng tái Faro Open Platform / Faro Platform 北爱尔兰妇女欧洲论坛 北愛爾蘭婦女歐洲論壇 Northern Ireland Women's European Platform / the Platform 衈 èr the blood of a sacrificial fowl which was sprinkled on doors and vessels 合缝 合縫 hé fèng (of doors, windows etc) to fit snugly when closed / to close nicely 狴犴 bì àn (literary) mythical creature resembling a tiger whose image was painted on prison doors / (literary) prison 磁钉 磁釘 cí dīng button magnet (to use on whiteboards, refrigerator doors etc) 辟室 闢室 pì shì lit. to open a room / fig. to settle in a quiet room / behind closed doors 辟室密谈 闢室密談 pì shì mì tán to discuss behind closed doors 暗里 暗裡 àn li privately / secretly / behind closed doors 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 