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HSK
side; adjacent place
HSK 1
one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while
HSK 1
this side / here
HSK 1
under / the underside / below
HSK 1
the top / above / overhead / upwards / the top margin / above-mentioned / those higher up
HSK 1
west / west side / western part / to the west of
HSK 1
outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home
HSK 1
front / the front side / in front of
HSK 1
right side / right, to the right
HSK 1
over there / yonder
HSK 1
south / south side / southern part / to the south of
HSK 1
inside
HSK 1
left / the left side / to the left of
HSK 1
north / north side / northern part / to the north of
HSK 1
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 1
east / east side / eastern part / to the east of
HSK 1
at one's side / on hand
HSK 2
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  *边* | 边* | *边
side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL: 個|个 / simultaneously
HSK 2
curb; roadside; wayside
HSK 2
coast / seaside / seashore / beach
HSK 2
either side; both sides
HSK 4
frontier; border
HSK 5
edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery / marginal; borderline
HSK 6
without boundary / not bordered
HSK 6
periphery; rim; perimeter; surroundings / (computing) (attributive) peripheral / merch (abbr. for 周邊商品|周边商品)
HSK 7-9
boundary / border
HSK 7-9
unilateral
HSK 7-9
border area / borderland / frontier / frontier region
HSK 7-9
multilateral
HSK 7-9
bilateral
HSK 7-9
far from the center / remote / outlying
HSK 7-9
to back sb up / to support sb in an argument / (lit. to beat nearby drum)
HSK 7-9
half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
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  *边* | 边* | *边
suffix of a noun of locality
four sides
polygon
side door / wicket door
Mabian Yizu autonomous county in Sichuan
half of sth / one side of sth
welt / facing (of a garment) / to be relevant
frame; rim
border town / remote town
border inspection / immigration inspection
pentagon
border area
limit / bound / boundary / (economics) marginal
to keep to the side / to pull over / move aside!
Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia
wing / wing forward
sideline / foul line
border area / frontier
Dingbian County in Yulin 榆林, Shaanxi
border station / strategic defensive position on frontier
fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc / also written 毛邊|毛边
base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt)
on hand / at hand
lakeside
river bank
edge / fringe
scrap / bits and pieces left over
shore
(geometry) side length
sloping side / hypotenuse (of a right-angled triangle)
(idiom) boundless; limitless
to have a connection with / to be close (to reality) / to be relevant / to have one's hand in
Yanbian county in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
to garrison the border / to guard the frontier / exile to a border garrison post
river bank
sidewalk / side road / shoulder (of a road) / wing (soccer)
frontier fortress
hexagon
edge / border / to edge (with lace, embroidery etc)
edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river)
horizon / ends of the earth / remotest places
frontier defense
to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side / to support unconditionally
(textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge; rough edge
lace / decorative border
side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边
border district / borderland
Jingbian County in Yulin 榆林, Shaanxi
Watanabe (Japanese surname)
not care about one's appearance (idiom) / slovenly in dress and manner
extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic
relevant / to the point / has sth to do with the matter (also used with negative)
people living on the frontiers / inhabitants of a border area
sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
Laobian district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning
The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. / Repent and ye shall be saved!
pillow talk
to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
to help develop the border areas
(of a dress etc) border, edging
lateral consonant (phonetics)
frontier stockade
not to the point / wide of the mark / neither here nor there / irrelevant
fringes of cloth / (fig.) one's dress; one's appearance
(of a dress etc) border, edging
to echo what sb said / to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument)

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