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thing / stuff / person / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *东* | 东* | *东
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
east / east side / eastern part / to the east of
HSK 1
northeast
HSK 2
southeast
HSK 2
east
HSK 2
the east / eastern part
HSK 3
to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around
HSK 7-9
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about / to hopscotch / also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠
HSK 7-9
host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
HSK 7-9
Northeast China; Manchuria
east and west
Donghu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
Southeast Asia
Dongjiang River
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *东* | 东* | *东
surname Dong
easterly wind / spring breeze / (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances
Dongliao county in Liaoyuan 遼源|辽源, Jilin
Dongchangfu district of Liaocheng city 聊城市, Shandong
East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
Japan (old) / East Asian countries
East Asia
Dongcheng, a district of central Beijing
the East; the Orient / two-character surname Dongfang
Dongping county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
Eastern Europe
Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权
Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
Dongguang county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei
Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城, Shandong
Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420
Dongzhi, a county in Chizhou 池州, Anhui
Dongxiang or East village (place name) / Donxiang (ethnic group) / Dongxiang County in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
Dongchuan district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan
Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
East Africa
Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian / Tungshan township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县, Taiwan
Toshiba, Japanese electronics company
East Germany (1945-1990) / German Democratic Republic 德意志民主共和國|德意志民主共和国
punitive expedition to the east
Dongli suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
Dongbao district of Jingmen city 荊門市|荆门市, Hubei
(literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan
east, south, west and north / all directions
east side (of sth)
Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing
lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
east side / east face
East Timor (officially Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste)
Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
east longitude
Dongzhou district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning
Dongpo District of Meishan City 眉山市, Sichuan
Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
Dongchang district of Tonghua city 通化市, Jilin
Northeast Asia
Dongan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan / Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
Dongsheng District of Ordos City 鄂爾多斯市|鄂尔多斯市, Inner Mongolia
Dongyuan county in Heyuan 河源, Guangdong
Tungkang town in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
host
Donghe or Tungho township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
east west south north
the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省, Jilin Province 吉林省 and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk song
Eastern Orthodox Church
Dongxing district of Neijiang city 內江市|内江市, Sichuan / Dongxing, county-level city in Fangchenggang 防城港, Guangxi
to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom) / to sway / (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
Dongfeng county in Liaoyuan 遼源|辽源, Jilin
two-character surname Dongguo
master (i.e. employer) / landlord / boss
Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
(coll.) thing / item / stuff
Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom (Tw)
(of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom) / to come to light
(idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources
lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom) / fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
Eastern barbarian / ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China
East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Chinese dissident group / abbr. for 東突厥斯坦解放組織|东突厥斯坦解放组织
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
(idiom) to sway from side to side; unsteady / (idiom) indecisive; hesitant
lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west / odds and ends (idiom)
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
son-in-law
lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time
to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology
Donggou town in Liangzihu district 梁子湖區|梁子湖区 of Ezhou city 鄂州市, Hubei
the East / China
(Tw) ASEAN (abbr. for 東南亞國協|东南亚国协)
East Xinjiang
Dongguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省

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