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 jié shù termination / to finish / to end / to conclude / to close
 guān bì to close / to shut
 mì qiè close / familiar / intimate / closely (related) / to foster close ties / to pay close attention
 qīn mì intimate / close
 jié zhǐ to close / to stop / to put a stop to sth / cut-off point / stopping point / deadline
 fēng bì to seal / to close / to confine / to seal off / to close down / sealed / confined / closed / unreceptive
 hǎo good / well / proper / good to / easy to / very / so / (suffix indicating completion or readiness) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
 guān mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve
 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
 bì shang to close / to shut up
 guān shàng to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently)
 xiāng jìn close / similar to
 tiē xīn intimate / close / considerate
 mì mì thick / dense / close
 xì mì fine (texture) / meticulous / close (analysis) / detailed
 shōu shì to close the market (for the day) / to close (a market, shop etc) for business
 hé lǒng to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
 tíng kè to stop classes / to close (of school)
 mì shí close (texture) / dense / densely woven
 yán shi (sealed) tight / close / (hidden) safely / securely
 Shēn zhèn Shenzhen subprovincial city in Guangdong, special economic zone close to Hong Kong
 shàng wǎng to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net
 hǎo yǒu close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL:個|个[ge4]
 jiē jìn to approach / to get close to
 jī fū skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship
 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
 sī rén private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique
 yǒu hǎo friendly / amicable / close friend
 qīn rén one's close relatives
 jǐn mì inseparably close
 jiān shì to monitor / to keep a close watch over / surveillance
 qīn qiè amiable / cordial / close and dear / familiar
 jié suàn to settle a bill / to close an account
 jiāng jìn almost / nearly / close to
 yào hǎo to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement
 zhī jǐ to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend
 lín jìn close to / approaching
 jìn hu close to / intimate
 qīn jìn intimate / to get close to
 tiē jìn to press close to / to snuggle close / intimate
 bī jìn to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near
 shōu pán market close
 jǐn bì to close securely / tightly closed / secure
 jìn jù lí close range
 jiù jìn nearby / in a close neighborhood
 dǎo bì to go bankrupt / to close down
 jǐn tiē to stick close to / to press up against
 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome
 mì mi má má numerous and close together / densely packed / thickly dotted / thick / dense
 bīn lín on the edge of / (fig.) on the verge of / close to
 sī shā to fight at close quarters / hand-to-hand
 chá fēng to sequester / to seize (assets) / to seal up / to close down
 wú jiàn very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable
 kào lǒng to draw close to
 tíng yè to cease trading (temporarily or permanently) / to close down
 quān nèi close circle / community / (esp.) the show business milieu
 jìn zài zhǐ chǐ to be almost within reach / to be close at hand
 bào shōu (of a stock on the stock market) to close at (a certain price)
 bì guān to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
 còu jìn to approach / to lean close to
 fēng kǒu to close up / to heal (of wound) / to keep one's lips sealed
 kào shān patron / supporter / close to a mountain
 jìn qián to come close / to get near to / front
 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop
  close quarter battle
 jǐn lín to be right next to / close neighbor
 mì yǒu close friend
 bì sè to stop up / to close up / hard to get to / out of the way / inaccessible / unenlightened / blocking
 bì mén to close a door
 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call / to have a narrow escape
 xiāng hǎo to be intimate / close friend / paramour
 zhì yǒu intimate friend / close friend
 zhǐ chǐ very close / very near
 píng cāng to close a position (finance)
 jǐn bī to press hard / to close in on
 jìn qīn close relative / near relation
 chuí wēi close to death / life-threatening (illness)
 hé wéi to surround / to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc)
 kào àn (of a boat) to reach the shore / to pull toward shore / close to shore / landfall
 ruò jí ruò lí lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom) / fig. to keep one's distance / (of a relationship) lukewarm / vague
 bī shì to look at from close up / to watch intently
 míng mù to close one's eyes / (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.)
 qīn mì wú jiān close relation, no gap (idiom) / intimate and nothing can come between
 hé yǎn to close one's eyes / to get to sleep
 cùn bù bù lí to follow sb closely (idiom) / to keep close to
 má jí (slang) (Tw) close friend / best pal / to get along well / to be tight / congenial
 jìn lín close neighbor
 duǎn bīng xiāng jiē lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom) / fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters
 xiē yè to close down (temporarily or permanently) / to go out of business
 Huáng Xīng Huang Xing (1874-1916), revolutionary politician, close collaborator of Sun Yat-sen, prominent in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], murdered in Shanghai in 1916
 dǎ yàng to close shop in the evening / also pr. [da3 yang2]
齿 chún chǐ lit. lips and teeth (idiom) / fig. close partners / interdependent
 gù zhī a close friend over many years
 bǐ yì shuāng fēi lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
 Kāi chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close / very near / about right
 nán shě nán fēn loath to part (idiom) / emotionally close and unwilling to separate
 bì huì close a meeting
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