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 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 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) 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 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 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 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 冉 rǎn edge of a tortoiseshell / used in 冉冉[ran3 ran3] 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) 锷 鍔 è blade edge / sharp 后缘 後緣 hòu yuán trailing edge (of airplane wing) 鋹 chǎng sharp / a keen edge / sharp point 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 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 K吸收限 kxī shōu xiàn K-absorption edge X射线吸收限密度计 xshè xiàn xī shōu xiàn mì duó jì X-ray absorption edge densitometer 边缘生境 bian yuán shēng jìng edge habitat 羽状边 yǔ zhuàng bian feather edge 大陆边外缘 大陸邊外緣 outer edge of the continental margin 南极冰缘区海洋生态系统研究 nán jí bīng yuán qū hǎi yáng shēng tài xì tǒng yán jiū Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Research at the Ice Edge Zone 坚冰边缘 堅冰邊緣 jiān bīng bian yuán fast-ice edge 边缘城市 邊緣城市 bian yuán chéng shì edge city 边缘效应 邊緣效應 edge effect 边际效应 邊際效應 edge effect 保护水体边缘运动 保護水体邊緣運動 bǎo hù shuǐ tǐ bian yuán yùn dòng Campaign for the Conservation of the Water's Edge 冰缘 冰緣 bīng yuán ice edge 陆架边缘 陸架邊緣 shelf edge / shelf break 大陆架边缘重力异常 大陸架邊緣重力異常 edge effect anomaly 褾 biǎo cuff / border or edge (of clothing) / old variant of 裱[biao3] 牙子 yá zi serrated edge / (old) middleman / broker 𬬮 鋹 chǎng sharp / a keen edge / sharp point 𣸣 濆 fén edge of water 开刃 開刃 kāi rèn to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc 敲锣边儿 敲鑼邊兒 qiāo luó biān er to strike the edge of the gong / (fig.) to stir the pot (i.e. cause or exacerbate a dispute) 提心吊胆 提心吊膽 tí xīn - diào dǎn (idiom) nervous / fearful / on edge syn 小胜 小勝 xiǎo shèng (sports) to secure a narrow win / to edge out 