边 缘 biān yuán edge / fringe / verge / brink / periphery / marginal / borderline 畔 (bound form) side / edge / boundary 边 儿 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1] 边 沿 biān yán edge / fringe 镶 边 xiāng biān edge / border / to edge (with lace, embroidery etc) 边 side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously 际 border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances) 沿 along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge 缘 cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along 棱 arris / edge / corrugation / ridges 塝 the edge / border of a field 沿 儿 yán r edge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 馬路沿兒|马路沿儿) 前 线 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge 刀 锋 dāo fēng cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool 濒 临 bīn lín on the edge of / (fig.) on the verge of / close to 锋 芒 fēng máng tip (of pencil, spear etc) / sharp point / cutting edge / spearhead / vanguard 水 浒 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore 提 心 吊 胆 tí xīn diào dǎn (saying) to be very scared and on edge 神 经 质 shén jīng zhì nervous / on edge / excitable / neurotic 棱 角 léng jiǎo edge and corner / protrusion / sharpness (of a protrusion) / craggy / ridge corner 忐 忑 tǎn tè apprehensive / on edge 水 边 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) 地 头 dì tóu place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page 床 沿 chuáng yán the edge of a bed 迎 刃 而 解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved 切 口 qiē kǒu incision / notch / slit / gash / margin of a page / trimmed edge (of a page in a book) 刀 口 dāo kǒu the edge of a knife / cut / incision 擦 边 球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable 偏 锋 piān fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1]) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things 卫 星 城 wèi xīng chéng "satellite" town / edge city / exurb 悬 崖 勒 马 xuán yá lè mǎ lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time 毛 边 máo biān (textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge / rough edge 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 be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality) 锋 point of a spear / edge of a tool / vanguard / forward (in sports team) 滨 (bound form) water's edge / bank / shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) 刃 edge of blade 冉 edge of a tortoiseshell / used in 冉冉[ran3 ran3] 锷 blade edge / sharp 鋹 sharp / a keen edge / sharp point 后 缘 hòu yuán trailing edge (of airplane wing) 驳 岸 bó àn a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment / revetment 侧 锋 cè fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1feng1]) 濆 edge of water 壖 land on water edge or under wall 斿 scallops along lower edge of flag 裍 a border or band on the edge of a dress 凸 边 tū biān rim / protruding edge 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) 木 讷 老 人 mù nè lǎo rén ungraduated ruler / straight edge 溜 边 liū biān to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved 溜 边 儿 liū biān r to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / (fig.) to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved 轮 缘 lún yuán rim / edge of wheel 马 路 沿 儿 mǎ lù yán r roadside / edge of the road 搬 起 石 头 砸 自 己 的 脚 bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard 勚 (literary) toilsome / laborious / (of an edge etc) worn out / blunt K电 子 吸 收 限 密 度 计 K-absorption edge densitometry / K-edge densitometry K吸 收 限 Kxī shōu xiàn K-absorption edge X射 线 吸 收 限 密 度 计 Xshè xiàn xī shōu xiàn mì duó jì X-ray absorption edge densitometer 边 缘 生 境 bian yuán shēng jìng edge habitat 羽 状 边 yǔ zhuàng bian feather edge 南 极 冰 缘 区 海 洋 生 态 系 统 研 究 nán jí bīng yuán qū hǎi yáng shēng tài xì tǒng yán jiū Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Research at the Ice Edge Zone 大 陆 边 外 缘 outer edge of the continental margin 坚 冰 边 缘 jiān bīng bian yuán fast-ice edge 边 缘 城 市 bian yuán chéng shì edge city 边 缘 效 应 edge effect 边 际 效 应 edge effect 保 护 水 体 边 缘 运 动 bǎo hù shuǐ tǐ bian yuán yùn dòng Campaign for the Conservation of the Water's Edge 冰 缘 bīng yuán ice edge 陆 架 边 缘 shelf edge / shelf break 战 斗 地 域 前 沿 forward edge of the battle area / front edge of the battle area 大 陆 架 边 缘 重 力 异 常 edge effect anomaly 插 脚 chā jiǎo to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong 褾 cuff / border or edge (of clothing) / old variant of 裱[biao3] 牙 子 yá zi serrated edge / (old) middleman / broker 𬬮 sharp / a keen edge / sharp point 𣸣 edge of water 开 刃 kāi rèn to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc 敲 锣 边 儿 qiāo luó biān er to strike the edge of the gong / (fig.) to stir the pot (i.e. cause or exacerbate a dispute) 提 心 吊 胆 tí xīn - diào dǎn (idiom) nervous / fearful / on edge 
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