Shanxi Province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晉|晋[Jin4] capital Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
黑龙江
Hēi lóng jiāng
Heilongjiang province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. 黑, capital Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] / Heilongjiang river forming the border between northeast China and Russia / Amur river
a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries
网关
wǎng guān
network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
换乘
huàn chéng
to change train (plane, bus etc) / transfer between modes of transport
劳动合同
láo dòng hé tong
labor contract / contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions
较差
jiào chā
range (the difference between the lowest and highest values)
老兄
lǎo xiōng
elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy
挂钩
guà gōu
hook (on which to hang sth) / to couple / to link together / to establish contact with / hook / coupling links (e.g. between two railway coaches)
游走
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)
车次
chē cì
train or coach service ("service" as in "they run 12 services per day between the two cities")
咬牙切齿
yǎo yá qiè chǐ
gnashing one's teeth (idiom) / displaying extreme anger / fuming with rage between gritted teeth
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
空隙
kòng xì
crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events
abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005) / abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS) / abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC) / abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
name used for cabinet ministers between 1912-1927, superseded by 部長|部长[bu4 zhang3]
长白山
Cháng bái shān
Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology
眉心
méi xīn
(the space) between the eyebrows
五代
Wǔ dài
Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
辽东
Liáo dōng
Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 / and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河
小数
xiǎo shù
small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction
啼笑皆非
tí xiào jiē fēi
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears
正邪
zhèng xié
opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM)
左右为难
zuǒ yòu wéi nán
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
楚国
Chǔ guó
the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
对抗赛
duì kàng sài
duel / match / competition between paired opponents (e.g. sporting)
to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom) / not to discriminate between people
足下
zú xià
you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot
鸿沟
hóng gōu
(fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 / and Han 漢|汉
秦岭
Qín lǐng
Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan &ndash / which calls them the Senkaku Islands &ndash / but claimed by China as part of its territory
周庄
Zhōu zhuāng
Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
马六甲
Mǎ liù jiǎ
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
亲密无间
qīn mì wú jiān
close relation, no gap (idiom) / intimate and nothing can come between
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
国书
guó shū
credentials (of a diplomat) / documents exchanged between nations / national or dynastic history book
开诚布公
kāi chéng bù gōng
lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom) / frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table
interlocking wooden brackets between the top of a column and crossbeams used in traditional Chinese architecture
边缘人
biān yuán rén
marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either)
zhōng jiān
