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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

十二边形shí èr biān xíng

dodecagon

十边形shí biān xíng

decagon

半边天bàn biān tiān

half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk

南边儿nán bian r

erhua variant of 南邊|南边[nán bian]

右边儿yòu bian r

erhua variant of 右邊|右边[yòu bian]

吹枕边风chuī zhěn biān fēng

to sway (sb) through pillow talk

周边商品zhōu biān shāng pǐn

merch / spin-off product (related to a pop-culture franchise such as a movie, game or band etc)

单边主义dān biān zhǔ yì

unilateralism

四边sì biān

four sides

四边形sì biān xíng

(geometry) quadrilateral

外边儿wài bian r

erhua variant of 外邊|外边[wài bian]

多边duō biān

multilateral

多边主义duō biān zhǔ yì

multilateralism

多边形duō biān xíng

polygon

太阳从西边出来tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái

lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly

妇女能顶半边天fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiān

Woman can hold up half the sky / fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society

左边儿zuǒ bian r

erhua variant of 左邊|左边[zuǒ bian]

帕斯卡六边形pà sī kǎ liù biān xíng

Pascal's hexagon

常在河边走,哪有不湿鞋cháng zài hé biān zǒu , nǎ yǒu bù shī xié

a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb) / (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)

平行四边形píng xíng sì biān xíng

parallelogram

床边chuáng biān

bedside

底边dǐ biān

base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt)

后边儿hòu bian r

erhua variant of 後邊|后边[hòu bian]

戍边shù biān

to garrison the border / to guard the frontier / exile to a border garrison post

打擦边球dǎ cā biān qiú

to bend the rules / to skirt around the issue

打边炉dǎ biān lú

(Cantonese) to eat hot pot / hot pot

打边鼓dǎ biān gǔ

to echo what sb said / to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument)

挨边āi biān

to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant)

挨边儿āi biān r

erhua variant of 挨邊|挨边[āi biān]

卷边juǎn biān

to hem / hem / to curl (at the edge)

挂在嘴边guà zài zuǐ biān

to keep saying (sth) over and over

摸不着边mō bu zháo biān

can't make head or tail of

擦边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 push the boundaries of what is acceptable / to operate in a gray area / (Internet slang) sexually suggestive / provocative while skirting platform rules or censorship

支边zhī biān

to help develop the border areas

敲边鼓qiāo biān gǔ

to back sb up / to support sb in an argument / (lit. to beat nearby drum)

敲锣边儿qiāo luó biān r

to strike the edge of a gong / (fig.) to stir up trouble from the sidelines

斜边xié biān

sloping side / (geometry) hypotenuse

旁边儿páng biān r

erhua variant of 旁邊|旁边[páng biān]

有边儿yǒu biān r

(Beijing dialect) to show promise / to look hopeful / to have good prospects

东边儿dōng biān r

erhua variant of 東邊|东边[dōng bian]

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