边 邊 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously syn 暂时 暫時 zàn shí temporary / provisional / for the time being syn 界 jiè (bound form) boundary / border / (bound form) realm syn 边境 邊境 biān jìng frontier / border syn 边界 邊界 biān jiè boundary / border syn 海关 海關 hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL:個|个[ge4] 越界 yuè jiè to cross a border / to overstep a bound 偷渡 tōu dù illegal immigration / to stowaway (on a ship) / to steal across the international border / to run a blockade 国界 國界 guó jiè national boundary / border between countries 出界 chū jiè to cross a border / (sport) to go out of bounds 开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn 花边 花邊 huā biān lace / decorative border syn 交界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border syn 国境 國境 guó jìng national border / frontier syn 越境 yuè jìng to cross a border (usually illegally) / to sneak in or out of a country 镶边 鑲邊 xiāng biān edge / border / to edge (with lace, embroidery etc) 鸿沟 鴻溝 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4] syn 暂定 暫定 zàn dìng temporary arrangement / provisional / tentative 接壤 jiē rǎng to border on syn 边城 邊城 biān chéng border town / remote town 边界线 邊界線 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line 滚边 滾邊 gǔn biān (of a dress etc) border, edging syn 边疆 邊疆 biān jiāng border area / borderland / frontier / frontier region syn 花坛 花壇 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape syn 边陲 邊陲 biān chuí border area / frontier syn 口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries syn 边关 邊關 biān guān border station / strategic defensive position on frontier syn 鸭绿江 鴨綠江 yā lù jiāng Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border 界碑 jiè bēi boundary stone / table marking border syn 黑龙江 黑龍江 hēi lóng jiāng see 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1long2jiang1 Sheng3] / Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia 哨卡 shào qiǎ border sentry post syn 暂行 暫行 zàn xíng provisional syn 疆界 jiāng jiè border / boundary syn 约法 約法 yuē fǎ temporary law / provisional constitution 界河 jiè hé border river (between countries or regions) 游走 遊走 yóu zǒu to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range) 泸沽湖 瀘沽湖 lú gū hú Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan 南疆 nán jiāng southern border (of a country) 边儿 邊兒 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1] 太行山 tài háng shān Taihang Mountains on the border between Hebei and Shanxi 临时政府 臨時政府 lín shí zhèng fǔ provisional government 边区 邊區 biān qū border area syn 跨境 kuà jìng cross-border 中国海关 中國海關 zhōng guó hǎi guān Chinese customs (i.e. border police) 开城 開城 kāi chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies 南岭 南嶺 nán lǐng Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi 贺兰山 賀蘭山 hè lán shān Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia 边防军 邊防軍 biān fáng jūn border guard / frontier army syn 三八线 三八線 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea 沿边 沿邊 yán biān close to the border / along the border 封疆 fēng jiāng border region / regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times) 边检 邊檢 biān jiǎn border inspection / immigration inspection 戍边 戍邊 shù biān to garrison the border / to guard the frontier / exile to a border garrison post syn 樟木 zhāng mù Dram (Chinese Zhangmu), town at Tibet-Nepal border syn 海疆 hǎi jiāng coastal border region syn 边民 邊民 biān mín people living on the frontiers / inhabitants of a border area 陪都 péi dū provisional capital of a country (e.g. in time of war) / secondary capital / alternative capital 花被 huā bèi perianth (common term for calyx and corolla) / border and protecting envelope of a flower 浮 fú to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus syn 沿 yán along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge syn 际 際 jì border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances) syn 镶 鑲 xiāng to inlay / to embed / ridge / border syn 境 jìng border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory syn 滨 濱 bīn (bound form) water's edge / bank / shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) syn 州界 zhōu jiè state border / state line 涯 yá border / horizon / shore syn 疆 jiāng border / boundary syn 垠 yín limit / border / river bank syn 燧 suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke 濒 瀕 bīn to approach / to border on / near syn 埸 yì border 关防 關防 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times) syn 图们江 圖們江 tú mén jiāng Tumen river in Jilin province 吉林省, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea 九嶷山 jiǔ yí shān Jiuyi Mountains in Hunan on the border with Guangdong 独龙江 獨龍江 dú lóng jiāng Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit 圻 qí boundary / a border 畛 zhěn border / boundary / field-path 陉 陘 xíng border the stove / defile / pass 摩尔多瓦 摩爾多瓦 mó ěr duō wǎ Moldova / Republic of Moldova, former Soviet republic on the border with Romania 天山 tiān shān Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan 国界线 國界線 guó jiè xiàn national border 边防站 邊防站 biān fáng zhàn border station / frontier post 临时过境点 臨時過境點 provisional border crossing 边币 邊幣 biān bì Border Region currency, issued by the Communist Border Region governments during the War against Japan and the War of Liberation 边界争端 bian jiè zhēng duān border controversy / border dispute 大湄公河次区域跨境运输协定 大湄公河次區域跨境運輸協定 dài méi gōng hé cì qū yù kuà jìng yùn shū xié dìng Greater Mekong Subregional Cross-Border Transport Agreement / GMS Cross-Border Transport Agreement / GMS Agreement 边控 邊控 biān kòng border control (abbr. for 邊境控制|边境控制[bian1 jing4 kong4 zhi4]) / to place sb on a border control list (a list of people to be detained if they attempt to enter or leave the country) 大韩民国临时政府 大韓民國臨時政府 dà hán mín guó lín shí zhèng fǔ Provisional 二次革命 èr cì gé mìng Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4kai3] and the Northern Warlords 承乏 chéng fá to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.) 临时澳门市政执行委员会 臨時澳門市政執行委員會 lín shí ào mén shì zhèng zhí xíng wěi yuán huì Provisional Municipal Council of Macau / Câmara Municipal de Macau Provisória 临时措施 lín shí cuò shī provisional measure / temporary measure 临时选举委员会 Provisional Election Commission 临时自治宪法框架 lín shí zì zhì xiàn fǎ kuàng jià Constitutional Framework for Provisional Self-Government 暂时适用 zàn shí shì yòng provisional application 临时生效 lín shí shēng xiào provisional entry into force 临时议程 lín shí yì chéng provisional agenda 联盟临时当局 Coalition Provisional Authority 保外候审 bǎo wài hòu shěn pre-trial release / release pending trial / provisional release from custody 